Williamston Community Schools Deploy ZeroEyes to Mitigate Gun-Related Threats

Michigan District Implements Industry-Leading AI Gun Detection and Intelligent Situational Awareness Platform

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the full US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced that its solution has been deployed by Michigan's Williamston Community Schools to protect students, staff and visitors from gun-related violence.

Centered in Williamston, the district educates over 2,000 students from Williamstown, Locke, Leroy, Wheatfield, Alaiedon and Meridian townships. It comprises five schools:  a preschool, two elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. ZeroEyes will complement the schools' existing layered security measures, which include secure vestibules, a school resource officer (SRO) and a full-time firearm detection dog team, alongside proactive mental health programs such as "Prevent to Protect", which helps students who are at high risk of committing suicide or violent acts towards others.

"ZeroEyes is an important layer of security that complements the efforts that have already been put in place in the district," said Adam Spina, Superintendent of Williamston Community Schools. "Our security layers combine to create a significantly safer school day for our students and staff." 

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 Center (ZOC), the industry's only U.S.-based, fully in-house operation center, which is staffed 24/7/365 by specially trained 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.

As a result of Michigan Public Act 103 (PA 103), Williamston Community Schools received a grant specifically dedicated to procuring AI gun detection software to improve student safety.

"The extensive security protocols and systems of Williamston Community Schools reflects the districts' commitment to keeping students and staff safe from gun-related violence," said Mike Lahiff, CEO and co-founder of ZeroEyes. "The support of Michigan's legislative grant program enabled us to provide proactive gun detection to a number of districts throughout the state. We encourage policymakers to expand the program in 2025 to help protect more schools."

About ZeroEyes
ZeroEyes delivers a proactive, human-verified AI gun detection software solution that integrates into existing digital security cameras and helps to mitigate mass shootings and gun-related violence by reducing response times, providing actionable intelligence with images, and delivering clarity among chaos — ultimately saving lives. ZeroEyes' patented solution has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as an effective anti-terrorism technology and is the first AI-based gun detection technology to receive SAFETY Act Designation.

Founded by Navy SEALs and elite technologists, ZeroEyes dispatches accurate and real-time actionable intelligence about the illegal brandishing of a gun near or in an occupied area or building, to local staff and law enforcement with an image of the shooter(s) and location of the threat, as quickly as 3 to 5 seconds from the moment the gun is detected.

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. Headquartered in the Greater Philadelphia area, the company's affordable and effective gun detection solution has been adopted by the US Department of Defense, leading public K-12 school districts, colleges/universities, healthcare facilities, commercial property groups, manufacturing plants, Fortune 500 corporate campuses, shopping malls, big-box retail stores and more. Learn more about ZeroEyes at ZeroEyes.com.

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