UVALDE, Texas — Uvalde schools will soon have a new layer of protection — an artificial intelligence system that can detect a gun in seconds and automatically trigger lockdown protocols.

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District received a $400,000 Safe Haven Grant from Omnilert , the Virginia-based company that developed the technology. The district is the first in the nation to receive the grant.

“We have been talking for about the last year about wanting to get AI-powered technology gun detection and really just could not afford it,” said UCISD Superintendent Ashley Chohlis. “We’re very excited to add this extra layer of support and security.”

The AI software will be installed on all 550 of the district’s security cameras, which have been in place for several years. Two U

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