NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Connie Altier is the superintendent of Tri-County Career Center, the first school in the region to use the Zeroeyes AI-based gun detection software. 

“The staff is very excited about it. And also a lot of them were very intrigued on how I could do that and how advanced the technology is,” said Altier. 

The system connects to the pre-existing cameras in the school and with artificial intelligence can detect weapons. Once a weapon is detected by AI, then military trained operation experts verify the detection, before alerting the school’s staff, security and local 911. 

What You Need To Know

  • Zeroeyes AI-based gun detection software aims to protect schools from gun violence 

  • Tri-County Career Center is the first school in region to partner with Zeroeyes 

  • The software is installed on 35 of the school's 90 cameras

Chief operating officer and co-founder of Zeroeyes, Rob Huberty, said he and his team created this software in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. in 2018.

“After that shooting happened, we noticed the police, I guess, rewound the cameras. By 20 minutes, we saw an opportunity where the gun was out and we said, oh, if only somebody was watching video camera,” said Huberty. 

Zeroeyes was created by a team of retired navy seals just wanting to do something more after they left the military. Thanks to their knowledge of weaponry and collaboration with technology experts, the Zeroeyes software has been installed in the Tri-County Career Center since the beginning of this school year and is installed on 35 of the schools 90 cameras. 

Tri-County Career Center technology coordinator, Zachary Polling, said the installation of the technology was very easy. 

“There were a few things we had to change on our cameras as far as settings just to optimize them to what zero ice would prefer. Those were really the only two steps that I had to take as far as the technology goes. It couldn't have been more simple,” said Polling. 

Now that the school has had the software for a few months, Altier said it's an extra layer of protection.

“I don't see why anybody wouldn't want it, because it's that extra layer of being able to make sure that once that gun's detected, you're notified in the 15 seconds that somebody is either on your campus, in your school, wherever they're notified,” said Altier.