School Adopts AI Gun Detection in Phoenix
Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory has deployed ZeroEyes software that flags visible firearms on existing security cameras.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona, has deployed AI gun detection software from ZeroEyes that integrates with the school's digital security cameras. Detected images are sent to a monitoring center for human verification before alerts go to school officials and law enforcement.
Why it matters
The deployment adds an automated layer to existing campus security by monitoring camera feeds continuously without requiring staff to watch every video stream. Its design targets visibly displayed weapons rather than concealed firearms, which defines what the system can and cannot detect.
The system delivers verified alerts within three to five seconds of detection and was built to identify visibly displayed weapons rather than concealed firearms. Independent accuracy figures for this deployment have not been published, so the detection rate remains unverified.
The players
ZeroEyes
ZeroEyes is a company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia that sells AI-based weapons detection services to schools and other sites.
Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory
Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory is a private Christian school founded in 1974 in Phoenix, Arizona, serving about 450 students.
The details
ZeroEyes software runs on the school's existing security cameras and sends images of suspected firearms to its Operations Center, which operates around the clock with staff who have military and law enforcement backgrounds. If personnel confirm a threat, alerts with a visual description, weapon information and last known location go to school officials and police. The company was founded in 2018 and holds a designation under the Department of Homeland Security's SAFETY Act program.
Timeline
Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory was founded in 1974.
ZeroEyes was founded in 2018.
The deployment at the Phoenix school was reported on November 2, 2026.
Tech Race
The Paradise Valley deployment extends ZeroEyes's AI gun detection product, which the company says is now running at thousands of locations across the United States and in markets including Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America and India. It places the software on a private K-12 campus that already relies on conventional camera surveillance.
For families and staff at Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory, the system adds automated monitoring to school cameras, with alerts routed to officials and police only after human verification. The technology only addresses visibly displayed weapons, so it does not change what the school's security staff can detect in concealed cases.
The takeaway
AI detection systems can add continuous camera monitoring to school security, but their value depends on how well they identify the threats they are designed for and on how verified alerts are handled. Parents and staff can ask their own schools what verification process applies before alerts are sent.
Further reading
For more on how machine learning systems are being applied to real-world monitoring, see Artificial Intelligence.
Source note: This article includes information reported by MyChesCo.
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