13 Jun 2023

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 the successful year-long deployment of its solution by Ohio’s Berkshire Local School District.

Lunch & Learn event

The company and school district are co-hosting a Lunch & Learn at Berkshire High School (14155 Claridon Troy Road in Burton, OH) to educate about how ZeroEyes’ proactive gun detection and situational awareness solution can help mitigate active school shooter scenarios.

The session will take place on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in the school’s student commons area.

Multi-layered security approach

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 will feature demonstrations and discussion sessions, including reflections from school leaders on the district’s successful ZeroEyes deployment.

As part of the district’s comprehensive safety plan, the Lunch & Learn will feature demonstrations and discussion sessions

The event is open to local schools, law enforcement, and media. 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. 

Rapid notification and situational awareness

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." 

Proactive protection

Our community feels much safer knowing that, in the event of an active school shooter, we would receive near-instant notifications"

"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.”

Visual gun detection

ZeroEyes' proactive visual gun detection and situational awareness software platform is layered over schools' existing digital security cameras, where it identifies illegally brandished guns and immediately shares images with a specialised group of U.S. military and law enforcement veterans at one of the ZeroEyes Operation Centers (ZOC) that are staffed 24/7/365.

Once these experts verify the threat, they dispatch alerts and actionable intelligence, including visual description, gun type, and last known location, to local staff and law enforcement as fast as 3 to 5 seconds from detection.