Williamston Community Schools in Michigan has deployed a gun detection solution from ZeroEyes to improve campus safety.

Centered in Williamston, the district houses over 2,000 students from the townships of Williamstown, Locke, Leroy, Wheatfield, Alaiedon and Meridian and includes a preschool, two elementary schools, a middle school and a high school.

The company‘s AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness solution utilized at the district layers onto existing digital security cameras.

If a gun is identified, images are instantly shared with the ZeroEyes Operations Center (ZOC), which is staffed 24/7/365 by specially trained military and law enforcement veterans.

If these experts determine that the threat is valid, they dispatch alerts and actionable intelligence — including visual description, gun type and last known location — to local law enforcement and school staff as quickly as three to five seconds from detection.

Increasing campus safety

ZeroEyes says that it will enhance campus safety by complementing the schools’ existing layered security measures, which include secure vestibules, a school resource officer (SRO) and a full-time firearm detection dog team, alongside proactive mental health programs such as “Prevent to Protect”, which helps students who are at high risk of committing suicide or violent acts towards others.

“ZeroEyes is an important layer of security that complements the efforts that have already been put in place in the district,” said Adam Spina, Superintendent of Williamston Community Schools.

“Our security layers combine to create a significantly safer school day for our students and staff.”