ZeroEyes has announced that Park City School District (PCSD) of Summit County, Utah, has implemented its gun detection and intelligent situational awareness solution.
The aim of the agreement is to mitigate gun-related violence within the PCSD district, which consists of four elementary, a middle, a junior high, a high school and a learning center.
“We hold a deep commitment to safeguarding our students and staff and ZeroEyes is a compassionate ally in our mission,” said Michael Tanner, COO of Park City School District.
“By addressing the concerns of gun-related violence while also respecting the need for privacy, this solution allows us to provide a secure yet welcoming campus environment.”
According to the district it educates nearly 5,000 students annually and boasts a graduation rate in the top one percent of the nation.
PCSD is highly focused on student safety, collaborating with the Summit County Sheriff’s Department and the Park City Police Department to deploy advanced electronic, physical and procedural security measures.
ZeroEyes‘ AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness software is now layered on existing digital security cameras at all eight student-occupied PCSD buildings.
If a gun is identified, images will instantly be shared with the ZeroEyes Operations Center (ZOC), staffed 24/7/365 by specially trained US military and law enforcement veterans.
If these experts determine that the threat is valid, they will dispatch alerts and actionable intelligence, including visual description, gun type and last known location, to local staff and first responders in as fast as three to five seconds from detection, ZeroEyes reports.
The company’s AI algorithms only search for guns, not faces or bodies.
Until a gun is identified, the monitoring screens in the ZOC stay blank; the ZeroEyes Operations team does not see a live feed from any cameras.
Further, the platform does not store personal or biometric data or conduct any kind of facial recognition.
“Between its collaboration with local law enforcement and the deployment of proactive safety measures throughout its schools, Park City School District has shown that it is on the cutting edge of security,” said Mike Lahiff, CEO, and Co-Founder of ZeroEyes.
“We are proud to work alongside this dedicated leadership team to protect students and staff against gun-related threats.”