UPPER DARBY TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Delaware County’s largest school district is going high-tech with a new security system designed to keep students safe and weapons out of school.
The Upper Darby School Board unanimously voted to approve the purchase of a $1.1 million weapons detection system for three of its district’s secondary schools.
The Evolv system uses artificial intelligence to scan for all kinds of weapons. The system is being used in some of the biggest concert and sporting venues in the world, including Citizen’s Bank Park.
“I am asking you please, please put the kids and the staff’s safety first,” said one parent, addressing the school board.
Two recent incidents in particular prompted the board to re-examine the proposal of a new system designed by the Massachusetts technology company. School administrators say in the first week of classes one student brought a gun to school and, in a separate incident, another student brought an …