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Perris Union High trustees hear demonstrations of two weapons-detection systems; staff flag cost, staffing and logistics concerns
Summary
At a Nov. 20 board meeting, Perris Union High trustees heard demonstrations from Evolve Technology and CHA of campus weapons-detection systems. Vendors emphasized trade-offs between sensitivity, throughput and nuisance alarms; trustees asked about Chromebook false positives, staff needs and storage; no purchase was approved at the meeting.
PERRIS, Calif. — The Perris Union High School District Board of Trustees on Nov. 20 heard hour-long demonstrations from two vendors showing walkthrough weapons-detection systems and probed how each would affect school arrival procedures, staffing and budgets.
Alex, a representative of Evolve Technology, opened with a company video and described the company's Express product as an AI-enabled screening system that flags potential threats on a tablet image and directs staff where to perform a targeted secondary search. Evolve said the portal can collect alarm rates, head counts and tagged results from secondary searches for reporting.
CHA representative Tom McDerman demonstrated the Open Gate system and focused on metal-signature thresholds and sensitivity settings. "This is about how do I get people from an unsecure environment into a secure environment as quickly as possible," McDerman said,…
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