School Weapons Detectors: When Use of “Standard” Sensitivity Fails to Detect a Gun, Is More Security Equipment Really the Answer?
A loaded gun gets through school weapons screening. The district increases detector sensitivity and considers more security equipment. But who decided the original settings were acceptable, and what happened to implementation fidelity? Following an incident in which a student brought a loaded firearm into Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan, the Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent […]
Exposed emails show a leading AI weapons detection system missed its own test gun “a few times with the cameras rolling” during a media demo in a school district that signed $11 million contract for their systems. But the local news report did not show it missing a gun. Are parents being left in the dark?
Emails exposed by IPVM, the world’s leading authority on physical security technology, shows AI weapons detection systems missed their own test gun “a few times with the cameras rolling” in a media demo for a Virginia school district that reportedly signed an $11 million contract for the units. And the school district’s communications director wanted […]
Are leaders of schools with artificial intelligence (AI) weapons detection systems in over their heads? The students entering their buildings certainly are…
The Indianapolis Star ran a story last week on some school districts betting on artificial intelligence (AI) weapons detection systems as the future of school security. I spoke with the reporter at length when she was working on the story, and she captured my concerns in her story about fidelity of implementation issues and the […]