Associated tags: Education, Government, Health, Violence, Telescopic sight, Software, AI, Intelligence, School
Locations: PARKLAND, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, NEVADA
Firearm,
PSAP,
Organization,
GPU,
University,
Intelligence cycle,
Complex,
School,
VMS,
AI,
Software,
Graphics processing unit,
CPU,
24/7 service,
Video game LEESBURG, Va., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, today announced the Omnilert Gun Detect™ Appliance, a fully integrated AI visual gun detection system that combines the hardware, software and services required to turn existing security cameras into an active shooter protection system for schools and universities, places of worship, small and mid-size organizations, as well as large, multi-site international business chains. This one compact appliance not only replaces large, complex and costly server equipment, but it is also configured to be easy to install and maintain whether a facility has 10 cameras or 10,000 across hundreds of locations. With the Omnilert Gun Detect Appliance, a new market of customers can now take advantage of life-saving AI visual gun detection that can identify a weapon in a fraction of a second, and once verified can automatically initiate a robust response to lock doors, warn those in harm's way and notify first responders.
Key Points:
- Complex video analytics and AI processing of video streams have typically required high performance GPUs and costly server platforms.
- Omnilert Gun Detect and the Gun Detect Appliance solves these problems by combining the hardware, software, monitoring services, integrations and direct public safety answering point (PSAP) connections in one easy-to-deploy solution.
- The technical specifications of the appliance include the following:
The Omnilert Gun Detect Appliance is shipping and available today.
- The Omnilert Gun Detect Appliance can be seen this week at the ISC West conference in Las Vegas.
LEESBURG, Va., April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, today announced its participation at the 2024 International Security Conference & Exposition (ISC) West from April 10-12, 2024 in Las Vegas. In addition to demos featured throughout the show floor, Omnilert will be meeting with prospective customers, resellers and systems integrators and technology partners as demand for its AI visual gun detection system continues to increase. In the last year alone, the company more than doubled both Omnilert Gun Detect sales and off-the-shelf integrations while also extending its business via IP licensing with partners such as Evolv Technology.
Key Points:
- In addition to demos featured throughout the show floor, Omnilert will be meeting with prospective customers, resellers and systems integrators and technology partners as demand for its AI visual gun detection system continues to increase.
- Omnilert Gun Detect has emerged as the leading AI visual gun detection system with its unique combination of detection, verification, activation and notification and on-site demos will highlight this full set of features.
- Demos of Omnilert Gun Detect will leverage Omnilert's recently announced third generation product release , which delivered significant enhancements in hardware efficiency, enterprise management and gun detection accuracy.
- Omnilert Gun Detection Technology demos can be experienced at the following booths:
Omnilert will be the Rhombus "Partner of the Day' on Thursday, March 11.
LEESBURG, Va., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, today announced that its visual gun detection system, Omnilert Gun Detect, is certified with the Genetec™ Security Center, an open-architecture platform that unifies IP-based video surveillance, access control, communications and analytics. This integration will enable Genetec customers to incorporate visual gun detection technology with their existing surveillance cameras in order to identify gun threats at first sight and ensure a rapid, automated response that may include notifying police, locking doors, sounding alarms, and alerting anyone in the nearby proximity.
Key Points:
- Once a gun detection is verified, multi-channel alerts and automated safety protocols and systems can be instantly activated by Omnilert Gun and/or Genetec Security Center through the integration to help stop active shooters, warn those in harm's way and potentially save many lives.
- "The integration of Omnilert Gun Detect with Security Center will help security teams respond quickly and support their actions by automating essential safety protocols in gun threat situations, all while using the existing cameras and hardware," said Mathieu Goloubiatnikov, DAP Team Lead at Genetec Inc.
Omnilert Gun Detect is the industry's most effective gun detection system .
- The integration of Omnilert Gun Detect with Security Center can help manage the workflow of active shooter incidents, including multi-channel notifications, safety system integrations, automated management and intelligence gathering from those affected.
- The integration also supports selectable bookmarking and/or alarming of cameras in Security Center, in response to a gun detection, and further alert users and perform additional response actions.
Retrieved on:
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Architecture,
Weapon,
Hospital,
AI,
Variable frame rate,
Active,
Overalls,
Noise,
Artifact,
Government,
Database,
University,
School,
GPU,
PTZ,
NVIDIA,
Television LEESBURG, Va., Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, today announced the release of its third generation AI visual gun detection system, featuring significant advancements designed to further advance the industry's most effective gun detection system. As the only solution to deliver a unique combination of detection, verification, activation and notification, Omnilert Gun Detect now protects hundreds of schools, universities, hospitals, retail and commercial buildings, and other organization facilities and campuses around the country. The enhancements made in this new release increase the company's technology leadership with hardware efficiency, enterprise management and gun detection accuracy.
Key Points:
- The enhancements made in this new release increase the company's technology leadership with hardware efficiency, enterprise management and gun detection accuracy.
- Omnilert Gun Detect is an AI-powered visual gun detection software that delivers reliable, 24/7 monitoring of gun threats using existing security cameras.
- In contrast, Omnilert's proprietary data centric AI model does not simply compare objects to a database of known gun images.
- This ensures higher detection accuracy and efficiency in processing which translates into lower hardware requirements.
Retrieved on:
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
LEESBURG, Va., Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, today announced its participation at 2024 National Conference on Education on February 15-17 at the San Diego Convention Center. The company will feature demos of its visual gun detection system in booth #1527 and, as a silver sponsor of the School Safety and Security Learning Lab, will join other leaders to educate attendees in a self-guided experience in booth #1435.
Key Points:
- The company will feature demos of its visual gun detection system in booth #1527 and, as a silver sponsor of the School Safety and Security Learning Lab, will join other leaders to educate attendees in a self-guided experience in booth #1435.
- This event will explore the innovative strategies and challenges Charles County Public Schools faced in enhancing school safety.
- Attendees can expect to learn about effective crisis management, the importance of student well-being and engaging community resources for a safer school experience.
- The session ends with a Q&A, offering direct engagement with these leading safety advocates in education.
Retrieved on:
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
University,
IP,
Hospital,
Nationwide,
Partnership,
Weapon,
School,
API,
AI,
Partner,
Software,
Tragedy,
Organization,
Violence,
Local government,
Education LEESBURG, Va., Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, today released its annual compilation of gun violence statistics summarizing the alarming number of mass shootings and other gun violence in America in 2023. Unfortunately, 2023 broke a record with 346 school shootings – the most in over four decades - highlighting the growing need for effective active shooter protection such as AI visual gun detection. As one of the leading providers of this technology, Omnilert saw significant growth in 2023 as public and private organizations recognized the importance of being able to detect and verify weapons in seconds and then have its system automatically initiate a full emergency response designed to save lives.
Key Points:
- Unfortunately, 2023 broke a record with 346 school shootings – the most in over four decades - highlighting the growing need for effective active shooter protection such as AI visual gun detection.
- "Entering 2024, Omnilert now protects hundreds of schools, universities, hospitals, retail, commercial, and other organizations around the country which is a testament to the effectiveness of our Omnilert Gun Detect platform.
- As part of this relationship, Evolv integrated Omnilert Gun Detect visual gun detection AI into its new Evolv Extend™ product to detect brandished guns.
- As highlighted in the gun violence statistics blog post, the alarming statistics around gun violence reaffirm the need to protect America's public places.
Retrieved on:
Thursday, January 4, 2024
LEESBURG, Va. and SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, today announced the integration of its AI visual gun detection system with the Rhombus physical security platform to deliver a complete solution for gun detection and verification, emergency notification and crisis management. Providing a coordinated incident response workflow, this integration combines the capabilities and ecosystems of both products to broadcast multi-channel alerts, activate other safety systems and automate processes to share intelligence throughout an incident to ensure the best possible outcomes.
Key Points:
- By leveraging Omnilert Gun Detect, Rhombus customers will be able to detect guns from existing security cameras and receive human-verified alerts across any configured platform.
- Rhombus customers can take advantage of Omnilert's complimentary monitoring service or choose to verify detections themselves in their own security operations center using the Rhombus platform.
- "We believe Omnilert Gun Detect is a game changer in active shooter situations and can deliver a much-needed layer of 24/7 protection to all of our customers."
- The integration between Omnilert and Rhombus is complete and ready for deployment today with a subscription to Omnilert's gun detection system.
Retrieved on:
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. and LEESBURG, Va., Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --Vicon Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Cemtrex Inc. (Nasdaq: CETX, CETXP, CETXW), designer and manufacturer of video surveillance and access control software, hardware, and components, and Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, announced today the integration of Valerus® VMS with Omnilert's AI visual gun detection system. With this powerful integration, Valerus users can now connect Omnilert Gun Detect to instantly trigger an alarm in Valerus when a firearm is detected by the AI in live video feeds, which then sets off a series of pre-planned responses once the threat is verified.
Key Points:
- Omnilert Gun Detect AI software leverages Vicon cameras to create an early gun detection solution.
- In fractions of a second, the software can identify a gun threat and send an alert to Valerus operators.
- "Vicon is committed to choosing leading-edge technology partners to integrate with our Valerus VMS solution," said Ashwin Chandranathan, Product Manager, VMS Software.
- To learn more about Vicon or the various technologies, contact the company by filling out the form here , or emailing [email protected]
Retrieved on:
Thursday, December 7, 2023
LEESBURG, Va., Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, today announced that it has been recognized as a Platinum winner in the Best Metal/Weapons Detection category of the 2023 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards from American Security Today (AST). The company won this award for its Omnilert Gun Detect system, which is being adopted around the country to protect against active shooters and is the only AI gun detection technology to include a four step process of detection, verification, activation, and notification.
Key Points:
- The company won this award for its Omnilert Gun Detect system , which is being adopted around the country to protect against active shooters and is the only AI gun detection technology to include a four step process of detection, verification, activation, and notification.
- "An accurate detection and a robust response can change the outcome of an active shooter incident, and this is where Omnilert sets itself apart from the competition," said Dave Fraser, CEO of Omnilert.
- Omnilert Gun Detect was selected for its ability to provide 24/7 monitoring with a near-instant response at the first sight of a gun to ensure the best possible outcomes in the event of an active shooter or act of gun violence.
- The 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program is specifically designed to honor distinguished government and vendor solutions that deliver enhanced value, benefit, and intelligence to end users in a variety of government, homeland security and public safety vertical markets.
Retrieved on:
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Partnership,
School,
Student,
AI,
Organization,
Facial recognition,
Baltimore County Public Schools,
BCPS,
VMS,
Superintendent,
Police,
Software,
ENS,
Violence,
Privacy,
Telescopic sight,
Nursing LEESBURG, Va., Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, a leader in active shooter and emergency notification solutions, today announced that Baltimore County Public Schools will be integrating its Omnilert Gun Detect platform with 7,000 cameras district-wide, representing the largest deployment of AI visual gun detection in the U.S. to date. As the industry's only active shooter solution to feature proven emergency notification system (ENS) capabilities, Omnilert Gun Detect can provide 24/7 monitoring with a near-instant response at the first sight of a gun to ensure the best possible outcomes in the event of an active shooter or act of gun violence.
Key Points:
- The Baltimore County School District is home to more than 111,094 students in pre-K to 12th grade and over 21,000 staff members.
- Tasked with the responsibility to keep students and staff safe in its more than 176 schools and programs, the district will be installing Omnilert Gun Detect with its existing cameras both inside and outside its buildings.
- Ensuring that both interior and exterior cameras at each campus are equipped with Omnilert Gun Detect is key for keeping Baltimore County Public Schools safe from active shooters and gun violence.
- In addition, for schools that choose to use Omnilert Monitoring, they gain access to a professionally trained staff with law enforcement, medical and military backgrounds.
