ZeroEyes, a Montgomery County firm that created an AI-based gun detection video analytics platform, has announced that a Montgomery County school has been added to its list of schools using the technology.
ZeroEyes on Wednesday said Germantown Academy in Whitemarsh Township has deployed its proactive gun detection solution to protect students, staff and visitors from gun-related violence. Founded in 1759, Germantown Academy is the country’s oldest non-sectarian day school.
“Germantown Academy has an expansive campus that provides students with a diverse range of learning opportunities, both in and outside of the classroom,” Greg Keenan, director of security at Germantown Academy, said in a statement. “ZeroEyes has the unique ability to seamlessly work alongside our various security resources while providing an extra layer of assurance through human-verified alerts on any brandished guns on campus. Their overall commitment to the safety of our students grants us an additional sense of security without compromising the GA (Germantown Academy) experience.”
ZeroEyes’ software is now layered on existing digital security cameras at the school, according to a release. If a gun is identified, images will instantly be shared with the ZeroEyes Operations Center, which is staffed 24/7/365 by specially trained U.S. military and law enforcement veterans.
If the experts in the center determine the threat is valid, they will dispatch alerts and actionable intelligence, including a description, gun type and last known location, to the security team and community police department in 3 to 5 seconds from detection.
The solution, according to the company, “mitigates mass shootings and gun-related violence by reducing response times, providing actionable intelligence with images and delivering clarity among chaos — ultimately saving lives.”
Germantown Academy is a private pre-K-12 prep school with more than 1200 students and more than 350 staff members, including a 45-member security team, according to the release. ZeroEyes is the latest addition to the comprehensive and multilayered range of security measures implemented to defend against gun-related violence, officials said.
“It is extremely gratifying to know that our solution is now part of the school’s extensive security toolkit,” said Mike Lahiff, ZeroEyes CEO and co-founder, adding that the school’s educational and safety reputation led him to send his daughters to the school.
ZeroEyes was founded by a group of former Navy SEALs and technologists and is based in Whitemarsh Township. The platform holds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation. It is deployed across a variety of industries nationwide, including school districts, commercial property groups, shopping malls, places of worship, hospitals, military bases, manufacturing plants, casinos and Fortune 500 campuses.
In January, ZeroEyes announced that it had been issued a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its method of identifying brandished guns and dispatching alerts to first responders.
ZeroEyes used hundreds of thousands of proprietary images and videos to train its AI to be the most comprehensive and superior gun detection technology on the market, according to the company. The AI does not perform any facial recognition, and does not receive, record, store or share any biometric data, videos or images.
The ZeroEyes team also provides tech consulting, installation assistance and practice drills for active shooter events to enhance safety at schools, corporate and government facilities, according to the company. For more information visit ZeroEyes.com.
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