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Gun Detection That Keeps Working After the First Alert

Most gun detection systems spot a weapon and send an alert. VOLT AI does that in seconds — then keeps tracking the individual across your entire campus, even after the weapon is concealed. It's real-time protection that gives your team the situational awareness to act fast and act right.
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Gun Detection Capabilities

  • Guns and Weapons: Identifies firearms and bladed weapons across indoor and outdoor campus areas.
  • Alerts in Seconds: Your team receives mobile notifications within seconds of detection, fast enough to act before a situation escalates.
  • Continuous Tracking via 3D Map: Once a weapon is detected, VOLT tracks the individual across your facility in real time, even if the weapon is put away.
  • Human-Verified Alerts: Every alert passes through VOLT's Security Operations Center for human review before reaching your staff. No false alarm fatigue.
  • Works With Your Existing Cameras: No new hardware required. VOLT layers onto your current IP camera system, protecting your existing infrastructure investment.

How VOLT Detects Weapons on Your Campus

VOLT AI transforms your school's existing security cameras into an intelligent detection system. Here's what happens when a weapon appears on campus.

1. AI Analyzes Live Video Feeds

VOLT's computer vision algorithms monitor every connected camera feed in real time. The system is trained on extensive datasets of firearms in various positions and lighting conditions, maintaining constant vigilance across your entire campus simultaneously.

2. Weapon Identified and Flagged

When the system detects a gun or bladed weapon, it immediately flags the event — capturing the camera location, a visual snapshot, and real-time video. This happens within seconds of the weapon becoming visible, giving your team a critical information.

3. Security Operations Center Verifies

Before your staff is ever notified, trained security professionals in VOLT's SOC review the alert and confirm the threat. This human-in-the-loop verification eliminates false alarms, so your team only responds when it matters and never suffers from alert fatigue.

4. Your Team Gets Actionable Intelligence

Verified alerts are pushed to designated staff via mobile notification, including the individual's real-time location on a 3D map of your facility. As the person moves, even after concealing the weapon, VOLT continues tracking and updating their position.

Why Schools Choose VOLT Over Single-Purpose Gun Detection

Gun detection is critical. But it's not the only thing happening on your campus. VOLT is the only AI security platform built specifically for schools that combines weapon detection with the full range of daily safety capabilities your team actually needs, at a price point that makes sense for education budgets.

Other Systems Stop at Detection. VOLT Tracks What Happens Next.

Most AI gun detection systems can spot a firearm and send an alert. But if the individual conceals the weapon and moves through your building, those systems lose them. Your team is left searching.

VOLT's 3D facility mapping technology maintains continuous tracking of the individual across your entire campus — hallways, stairwells, exits, outdoor areas — even after the weapon is no longer visible. Security personnel and first responders get real-time location updates on a 3D map, so response is coordinated, fast, and informed.

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Protection That Goes Beyond Weapons

Gun detection is one piece of a much larger safety picture. Fights, medical emergencies, unauthorized access, and behavioral anomalies happen far more frequently on campus than weapon incidents, and they all require fast response.

VOLT is the only platform that detects all of these within a single system:

  • Weapon detection: guns, knives, and other dangerous objects
  • Fight and bullying detection: alert staff the moment a physical altercation begins
  • Medical emergency detection: identify when a person falls to the floor, like an asthma attack in an empty hallway
  • Crowd formation and anomaly detection: spot unusual gatherings that may signal a developing situation
  • Loitering and unauthorized access: know when someone is where they shouldn't be, when they shouldn't be there

With a single-purpose gun detection system, you'd need separate tools to cover these scenarios, if they're covered at all. VOLT handles them from one platform, one dashboard, one investment.

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No New Hardware. No Infrastructure Overhaul.

VOLT integrates directly with your school's existing IP camera system. There's no proprietary hardware to purchase, no cameras to replace, and no complex installation process.

For schools that have already invested in camera infrastructure, this matters. When Maryville University evaluated AI security solutions, competing vendors would have required a complete infrastructure overhaul with price tags approaching $1.4 million. VOLT integrated with their existing Genetec camera fleet and was up and running within days.

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Privacy-First by Design

VOLT does not use facial recognition. The system detects behaviors and objects, not identities. For schools navigating student privacy concerns, parent expectations, and district policies, this is a meaningful distinction that makes community adoption significantly easier.

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Schools That Made the Switch

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Metro Denver, CO · Pre-K–8th Grade · 500 Students

Total system cost less than a FTE

"During testing, I got a weapons notification on my phone before the officer with the weapon even got to the entrance of the school. At that point I knew this was the real deal." - Lynda Sailor

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Prescott, AZ · 9th–12th Grade · 1,500 Students

15 sec response to medical emergency

"This is the first time where I really have been able to be out ahead of things that are happening. I'm not just using my cameras for investigation, I'm using them for immediate action and response." - Adam Neely

Indian Creek School

Indianapolis, IN · K–12

Investigation time reduction: 8–12 hrs → min

“We've been very measured in our approach to VOLT. Now that we're relying on it more than ever before, we're ready to expand access to our entire security network. The system has more than proven its value.” - Ben Gehl

Frequently Asked Questions About Gun Detection

How does AI gun detection work?

AI gun detection uses computer vision and machine learning algorithms to analyze live video feeds from existing security cameras in real time. The system is trained on extensive datasets of firearms in various positions, lighting conditions, and concealment scenarios, enabling it to identify weapons within seconds of appearing on camera. When a potential weapon is detected, the system flags the event and — in VOLT's case — routes it through a human-staffed Security Operations Center for verification before alerting campus staff.

How fast are gun detection alerts?

VOLT AI identifies potential weapons within seconds of detection. After the system flags a weapon, trained professionals in VOLT's Security Operations Center verify the alert before pushing it to your designated staff via mobile notification. This human verification step adds a brief layer of review that eliminates false alarms while still delivering alerts fast enough for your team to respond proactively.

Can AI gun detection identify concealed weapons?

AI camera-based gun detection systems, including VOLT, detect weapons that are visible to the camera — such as firearms held in a hand, at a person's side, or partially visible. The systems cannot see through clothing or bags. However, VOLT's continuous tracking capability means that once a weapon is detected and the individual conceals it, the system continues to track that person's location across your campus in real time — a capability most gun-only detection systems do not offer.

Does VOLT work with our existing security cameras?

Yes. VOLT AI is a software overlay that integrates with your school's current IP camera infrastructure. There is no need to purchase proprietary hardware or replace existing cameras. Schools with systems from major manufacturers like Genetec, Axis, Hanwha, and others can deploy VOLT without a hardware overhaul.

What does VOLT detect beyond guns?

VOLT detects guns, knives, and other weapons, but that's just one of its capabilities. The platform also detects fights and physical altercations, medical emergencies (like a student collapsing in a hallway), crowd formations that may indicate a developing incident, loitering, unauthorized access to restricted areas, and anomalous behavior. This comprehensive detection makes VOLT useful every single day, not just in worst-case scenarios.

Does VOLT use facial recognition?

No. VOLT AI does not use facial recognition technology. The system detects behaviors, objects, and anomalies, not individual identities. This privacy-first approach addresses concerns that are especially important in school environments and makes community adoption easier for administrators navigating parent and board expectations.

How much does AI gun detection cost?

VOLT's pricing is transparent and calculated per camera stream. It is available on the VOLT pricing page. For most schools, VOLT's total cost comes in below the annual expense of what it would cost to staff security teams, while providing 24/7 monitoring coverage that human staff cannot match alone. VOLT is also typically lower cost than most other AI gun detection systems since we have specialized pricing for schools.

See Gun Detection in Action on Your Campus

Your cameras are already watching. VOLT makes them intelligent. Book a personalized demo to see how AI-powered gun detection, continuous tracking, and comprehensive campus safety work together to protect your students and staff.

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