Mobile Co. school board member keen on AI weapons detection system tendent promised an added layer of security after a shooting at LeFlore High School that injured two students in January. School board member Johnny Hatcher says there's one security technology company that's caught his attention.
"The system will set off silent alerts locking in and tracking the threat using both cameras and radar," according to an animated video on the company's website."We want to look at it, make sure it does exactly what they say it's going to do and talk to the people who are operating it," said Hatcher.
In February, Mobile County Public Schools Superintendent Chresal Threadgill announced the school district would be increasing campus security in response to the shooting at LeFlore High School. Initially, he said that plan would be unveiled at the end of February, but a school spokesperson says they're still reviewing options. At a school board work session last month, a weapons detection system device by Evlov was on display at central office.
"What we're doing is doing our due diligence, make sure that we get the right thing for the school system itself," said Hatcher. Hatcher and board president Don Stringfellow say they'd like to have that added layer of security in place by next school year.