ZeroEyes AI deploys at St. John Elementary School

ZeroEyes, the creators of the first AI-based gun detection video analytics platform to earn the full U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, announced that its proactive AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness platform has been deployed at St. John Elementary in Franklin, LA, to protect students and faculty against gun-related violence.

Founded in 1871, St. John Elementary is a Catholic elementary school in historic Franklin, LA, that serves families in Franklin and its surrounding communities. Its staff of 20 educates 176 children ranging from the age of two all the way through the fifth grade. The school has added ZeroEyes as a proactive, unobtrusive security measure to its current layered security strategy.

Unobtrusive security measures

“By prioritising unobtrusive security measures, we are creating an environment where the students can focus on their education,” said Sheri Higdon, Principal of St. John Elementary.

“I’m grateful to our community for their unwavering support in helping protect our students and staff through the deployment of ZeroEyes.”

Digital security cameras

ZeroEyes' AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness software layers onto digital security cameras

ZeroEyes' AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness software layers onto existing digital security cameras. If a gun is identified, images are instantly shared with the ZeroEyes Operations Centre (ZOC), the industry's only U.S.-based, fully in-house operation centre, which is staffed 24/7/365 by specially trained U.S. 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 3 to 5 seconds from detection.

Safe and secure

"Every child deserves to feel safe and secure at school so they can focus on learning and growing,” said Mike Lahiff, CEO and co-founder of ZeroEyes.

“I applaud St. John Elementary for taking a proactive step to tackle the epidemic of gun-related violence and create a safer environment for its students."