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Vendor demonstrates portable weapons detector for school entrances
Summary
A vendor called Open Gate demonstrated a portable weapons-detection system to the Watertown City School District board, describing setup, detection capabilities, battery life and use cases; board members asked about sensitivity, battery runtime and data on effectiveness.
Representatives from a vendor described a portable weapons-detection system to the Watertown City School District Board of Education during the board's public meeting, saying the units are designed to detect firearm components and other hardened-steel threats without requiring students to divest items as they pass through.
The vendor said the system uses two freestanding towers placed about 34 inches apart, each weighing about 25 pounds, and that setup takes “less than 2 minutes.” The representative said the system monitors more than 300 detection zones from the top of the towers to floor level, and distinguishes hardened steel components (for example, a firearm slide or rifle barrel) from common nonthreat…
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