Mon. Dec 23rd, 2024
Local Company Wants To Use Ai To Identify Guns And

MEQUON, Wis. — It may seem a long way off that artificial intelligence will be able to recognize a gun in someone’s hand, but it’s already here.

Pewaukee-based companies Baycom wants to help school districts integrate several technologies to make this happen.

The company’s leaders have shown us that their surveillance system can identify a gun in someone’s hand. The photo is not the actual product and is just an example. But if it does, an alert could be sent to school leaders via cell phone, email or two-way radio.

Another technology used in our state is license plate recognition software. If a regulated vehicle enters a school campus area, it can be read and flagged. But groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union have criticized the use of such technology, fearing it could be used for the wrong purposes.

“We don’t typically get questions about that concern because it’s in the moment that we’re actually using that information,” BAYCOM President Katie Bush said.

We also investigated how a two-way radio system alone changed communication between school leaders in the Mequon-Thienville School District. Watch the video above to learn more.


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