Schools across the U.S. are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence and video cameras to spot guns
ZeroEyes analyst Mario Hernandez demonstrates the use of artificial intelligence with surveillance cameras to identify visible guns at the company's operations center, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Conshohocken, Pa. Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras withsystems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve the expenditures and the schools must meet some very specific criteria.
ZeroEyes also appears to be the only firm qualified for state firearms detection programs under laws enacted last year in Michigan and Utah, bills passed earlier this year in Florida and Iowa and legislation proposed in Colorado, Louisiana and Wisconsin. The goal is to "get that gun before that trigger’s squeezed, or before that gun gets to the door,” Alaimo said.The super-specific Kansas bill — particularly the requirement that a company have its product in at least 30 states — is “probably the most egregious thing that I have ever read” in legislation, said Jason Stoddard, director of school safety and security for Charles County Public Schools in Maryland.
The technology also can be costly, which is why some states are establishing grant programs. In Florida, legislation to implement ZeroEyes technology in schools in just two counties cost a total of about $929,000.
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