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Early Childhood Learning Center in Louisiana Implements Proactive Security Solution to Mitigate Gun-Related Threats PHILADELPHIA , April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ZeroEyes , the creators of the first AI-based gun detection video analytics platform to earn the full U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, announced today that its proactive AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness platform has been deployed at St.
John Elementary in Franklin, La. to protect students and faculty against gun-related violence. Founded in 1871, St.
John Elementary is a Catholic elementary school in historic Franklin, La. that serves families in Franklin and its surrounding communities. Its staff of 20 educates 176 children ranging from the age of two all the way through the fifth grade.
The school has added ZeroEyes as a proactive, unobtrusive security measure to its current layered security strategy. "By prioritizing unobtrusive security measures, we are creating an environment where the students can focus on their education," said Sheri Higdon , Principal of St. John Elementary.
"I'm grateful to our community for their unwavering support in helping protect our students and staff through the deployment of ZeroEyes." 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 U.S.
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. "Every child deserves to feel safe and secure at school so they can focus on learning and growing," said Mike Lahiff , CEO and co-founder of ZeroEyes.
"I applaud St. John Elementary for taking a proactive step to tackle the epidemic of gun-related violence and create a safer environment for its students." 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 was the first AI-based gun detection technology to receive full 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.
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