ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, announced last year that the successful year-long deployment of its solution by Ohio’s Berkshire Local School District. The company and school district held a Lunch & Learn at Berkshire High School to educate about how ZeroEyes’ proactive gun detection and situational awareness solution can help mitigate active school shooter scenarios.
Berkshire Local School District has implemented a multi-layered security approach to protect students and faculty against gun-related threats. As part of the district’s comprehensive safety plan, the Lunch & Learn demonstrated and discussed, including reflections from school leaders on the district’s successful ZeroEyes deployment, according to a release.
Berkshire Local School District is located in a rural community spanning 30 acres, and serves more than 1,400 pre-K-12 students from the communities of Burton, Claridon, Montville, Thompson, and Troy.
The release went on to say that, “We are proud to have been the first Ohio school district to deploy ZeroEyes, and are so pleased with its performance that we actively recommend it to surrounding districts,” said John Stoddard, superintendent of Berkshire Local School District. “We selected ZeroEyes due to its rapid notification and situational awareness capabilities. Our community feels much safer knowing that, in the event of an active school shooter, we would receive near-instant notifications featuring a description and real-time location of the threat.”
“We are impressed with Berkshire Local School District’s initiative to proactively protect its faculty and students from gun-related threats,” said Mike Lahiff, CEO and co-founder of ZeroEyes. “We are proud to be an essential part of their multi-layered security plan.”
