PLYMOUTH, MI – The Plymouth Canton School District has implemented a new security system that incorporates artificial intelligence into the camera system to improve safety.
Plymouth-Canton Community School District has three high schools on one campus, and students move through the buildings like a college campus. The cameras used to keep students safe are programmed to detect threats before a person sees them.
The district has 16,000 students and 1,600 cameras. It’s impossible to monitor 1,600 cameras at once and catch all problems before it’s too late.
Josh Meyer, director of safety and security, said artificial intelligence is the solution to the problem of too many cameras and not enough eyes. Now, the district is beta testing new Motorola technology that incorporates AI.
It’s a system they tested over the summer when there were no students on campus. The school district introduced police officers as the attackers, who approached the school with real assault rifles.
Cameras detected the threat in the parking lot before it reached the door.
It can detect not only rifles but also handguns.
When a threat is detected, a series of events is automatically initiated. The building will be locked down, PA announcements will be made, and teachers will be alerted on a mobile app with real-time information and a checklist of things to do.
That’s just one feature of the system. The security team provided the system with a list of parameters and considerations. With the help of AI, we are constantly learning.
If it detects that a student who normally moves at 10:30 a.m. has moved at 11 a.m., it alerts staff that something unusual is happening.
Plymouth-Canton Community School District is one of only two school districts in the country working with Motorola to test the system. What the school hopes to implement is to automatically notify law enforcement with information, photos, videos, etc. if a perpetrator is present.
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