November 5, 2025 — Leon County Public Schools in Florida renewed its contract with ZeroEyes, whose AI software scans existing security camera feeds for visible firearms and alerts human reviewers and law enforcement.
What happened
The renewal continued a district-wide deployment that runs ZeroEyes’ detection software over the schools’ existing camera infrastructure rather than requiring new hardware, with human operators verifying AI-flagged detections before alerting authorities. ZeroEyes reported surpassing 1,000 confirmed real-world firearm detections since 2023 and expanding into new US states and international markets during 2025.
Why it matters
School-safety technology procurement increasingly favors software that layers onto existing camera investments over new dedicated hardware, lowering the cost and disruption of adoption for budget-constrained districts.
Security and infrastructure impact
As AI weapons-detection vendors compete for state and district contracts, the regulatory and marketing scrutiny applied to overlapping technologies such as body-scanner-based systems is likely to extend to camera-based detection tools as well, making accuracy claims and independent testing increasingly important to procurement decisions.
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