ZeroEyes, creators of an AI-based gun detection video analytics platform, has announced that its solution has been chosen by New Mexico’s Clovis Municipal Schools (CMS) to proactively protect students and faculty against gun-related threats.

CMS is composed of 12 elementary, three middle and three high schools in Clovis, New Mexico. It has made significant investments into security solutions that go above and beyond the guidelines laid out in New Mexico’s Safe Schools plan. 

ZeroEyes says its AI technology is being layered on top of the schools’ existing security cameras, where it will identify brandished guns and dispatch alerts to safety personnel and local law enforcement as fast as three to five seconds from the moment of detection.

“Our most important job is to keep children safe in school and we have put in place a number of solutions to ensure that, in the case of an active shooter event, first responders will arrive on-site and defuse the situation as quickly as possible to save lives,” said Loran Hill, Director of Operations for CMS.

“ZeroEyes provides a critical proactive component to any layered security portfolio, which have traditionally been reactive. Many district decision makers across the country have been discussing reactive post-gunshot detection, but I have always been more interested in proactive, pre-gunshot detection and real-time actionable intelligence, which is where ZeroEyes excels.”

”Like many communities, Clovis has seen an increase in gun-related violence compared to pre-Covid levels,” said Mike Lahiff, CEO and Co-Founder of ZeroEyes. “However, CMS is ahead of the game in terms of protecting their students and faculty. I am very impressed with their layered security approach and proud that they have chosen ZeroEyes to be a part of it.”