Type of weapons detection system proposed by DPS reportedly has issues detecting weapons

The type of artificial intelligence weapons detection system proposed in the Denver Public Schools draft safety plan failed to detect knives in a field test and in a New York school where a student stabbed a fellow classmate.

In its district-wide safety plan, DPS proposes allowing individual schools to decide whether to implement weapons detection systems "similar to those currently being used in other school districts such as Baltimore Public Schools and in sports arenas, airports and courts."

Baltimore City Schools began using an AI weapons detection system called "Evolv" at four high schools earlier this year. The company said its AI system can tell the difference between personal items and weapons -- and doesn't take as long as metal detectors. It is used at stadiums and in multiple school districts across the country.

But there are multiple reports of the Evolv system struggling to detect certain types of weapons -- specifically knives.

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