ZeroEyes has introduced Harborwatch Association, LLC, a membership organisation focused on risk management, specifically targeting K-12 schools employing ZeroEyes' visual firearm detection technology. Harborwatch aims to provide its members with access to risk management and financing programs tailored to firearm and weapons-related threats.
Harborwatch is dedicated to enhancing the preparedness, response, and resilience of schools by facilitating connections to resources and expertise in firearm threat prevention and school safety. Members can benefit from a variety of risk management resources, including educational materials, preparedness tools, camera network guidance, detection case studies, and best practices in school security. Advisory services are also available to aid in evaluating and managing campus firearm-related risks.
Comprehensive crisis management
In the unfortunate event of a firearm-related incident, Harborwatch offers risk financing and crisis management programs to assist schools with recovery.
Harborwatch offers risk financing and crisis management programs to assist schools with recovery
These programs cover operational disruptions, crisis communications, counselling resources, and additional security measures, helping schools manage costs that may arise in the days and weeks following an incident. Such costs can include increased absenteeism, transportation issues, and overtime hours, which can place strain on school budgets.
Enhanced threat detection
ZeroEyes' AI-driven threat detection software integrates with existing digital security cameras. Upon detecting a visible firearm, images are sent to the ZeroEyes Operations Center (ZOC), which operates fully in-house and is staffed round-the-clock by trained U.S. military and law enforcement veterans. If the threat is confirmed, immediate alerts and actionable intelligence, containing details such as visual description, gun type, and last known location, are dispatched to law enforcement and school security personnel.
ZeroEyes co-founder and CEO, Mike Lahiff, stated, "As schools continue to navigate an increasingly complex security and risk environment, solutions like ours represent a new approach to proactive safety, combining advanced threat detection with seamless recovery support when communities need it most. By bringing together risk management and risk financing resources within a single membership organisation, Harborwatch will help school districts take a more comprehensive approach to firearm-related risk while supporting safer, more secure learning environments."
ZeroEyes, creators of the multi-analytics weapons detection and threat intelligence platform, launches Harborwatch Association, LLC, an affiliated, risk-focused membership organisation. Initially focused on K-12 schools and school districts that use ZeroEyes visual firearm detection technology, Harborwatch's purpose is to give eligible members access to risk management and risk financing programs connected to firearm and weapons-related threats.
The association is designed to help members strengthen preparedness, response, and resilience by connecting them with resources related to firearm threat prevention, visual firearm detection, and school safety.
Optional advisory services
Depending on member needs, risk management resources and services such as educational content, preparedness tools, practical camera network guidance, detection case studies, school security best practices, and optional advisory services may be available. Such capabilities can help participating members better organise methodology to evaluate, plan for, and manage campus firearm-related risk.
Harborwatch will also provide access to seamless risk financing and crisis management programs to help members strengthen resilience and better navigate the aftermath of qualifying firearm-related events. When a school experiences a firearm-related incident, the impact often extends far beyond initial emergency response. Harborwatch’s risk financing and crisis management will assist schools with unforeseen expenses in the following hours, days, and weeks, including:
- Operational disruptions
- Crisis communications
- Counseling resources
- Additional security measures
- Other recovery-related costs that can strain already limited budgets
Situational awareness software
Some of the unforeseen, second-order financial expenses include heightened student absenteeism, staff absence following the event, spoiled perishables, transportation disruption, and overtime hours.
ZeroEyes' AI threat detection and intelligent situational awareness software layers onto existing digital security cameras. If a brandished firearm is identified, images are instantly shared with the ZeroEyes Operations Center (ZOC), the industry's only U.S.-based, fully in-house operation center, which is staffed 24/7/365 by specially trained U.S. military and law enforcement veterans. If these experts determine the threat is valid, they dispatch alerts and actionable intelligence — including visual description, gun type, and last known location — to law enforcement and school security teams, often in a matter of seconds from the moment a gun is detected.
Secure learning environments
“As schools continue to navigate an increasingly complex security and risk environment, solutions like ours represent a new approach to proactive safety, combining advanced threat detection with seamless recovery support when communities need it most,” said Mike Lahiff, co-founder and CEO of ZeroEyes.
“By bringing together risk management and risk financing resources within a single membership organisation, Harborwatch will help school districts take a more comprehensive approach to firearm-related risk while supporting safer, more secure learning environments.”
