Park City schools implement AI-driven firearm detection software

Photo: Park City Police Department.

PARK CITY, Utah — The Park City Police Department and Park City School District have implemented AI-driven firearm detection software in local schools.

According to a statement from the PCPD, the software, produced by ZeroEyes and AEGIX AIM, analyzes more than 36,000 images per second from existing cameras in PCSD schools. If a firearm is detected, PCPD officers, deputies and dispatch are immediately and simultaneously notified of its location.

The software tracks the weapon after detection, and notifies officers via text message when each room of a school has been cleared.

A video posted to the PCPD’s Facebook page shows officers training with the new software at McPolin Elementary School.

This system appears to be in compliance with Alyssa’s Law, which requires all public elementary and secondary school buildings to be equipped with a silent panic alarm connected to local law enforcement.

This law was inspired by Alyssa Alhadeff, a 14-year-old student who was killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Forida, on Feb. 14, 2018.

Utah became the sixth state in the U.S. to adopt the law on April 10, when Gov. Cox signed the H.B. 84 School Safety Amendments into law.