Florence 1 Schools Expands Partnership With Evolv Technology, Doubles Down On Commitment to School Safety
August 16 2023 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
The School District Was the Second Academic
Institution in the U.S. to Adopt the AI-Powered Weapons
Detection
Evolv Technology (NASDAQ: EVLV), the leader in AI-based weapons
detection security screening, has expanded its partnership with
South Carolina’s Florence 1 Schools. In 2019, the largest school
district in Florence County, Florence 1, became the second school
district in the country to implement Evolv’s technology. It has
since expanded its use to 23 Evolv Express® systems across eight
schools.
Evolv Express® uses powerful sensor technology with artificial
intelligence (AI) to provide safer, more accurate threat detection
at superior volume and speed. Florence 1 Schools screen thousands
of students, staff, and visitors Monday through Friday across its
high school and middle schools.
“Florence 1 Schools is dedicated to the safety of our students
and staff,” said Kyle Jones, deputy superintendent of Florence 1
Schools. “We have Evolv at our entry points, helping to detect
items that might cause harm before they enter the building. That
extra layer of security provides a sense of comfort to our parents,
faculty, and the greater community, and demonstrates our
recognition that violence in schools is increasing and we’ve taken
a concrete step to address it.”
Students, staff, and visitors can walk right through the Evolv
Express units every morning without always having to be
individually screened. The system can differentiate between threats
and everyday metal items carried in pockets and personal bags, such
as keys and phones.
In addition to enhancing school safety, Evolv Express takes up
significantly less space than the metal detectors Florence 1
previously used. The single dual-lane Evolv system in place at each
entry point replaces four metal detectors. Systems are set up at
the main entrances, bus and gym entries to the high school and
middle schools. The old metal detectors required individuals to
pass through slowly and in single file, causing long lines and
delayed entry that cut into time in the classroom. Evolv Express
helps keep schools safer while helping with expedited entry and
added learning time.
“As an early adopter, Florence 1’s belief in Evolv as an
effective measure to improve school safety helped us forge
partnerships with hundreds of school districts and counting all
over the country,” said Neil Sandhoff, Evolv’s vice president of
education. “We are immensely proud of our continued work with
Florence 1, which helped pave the way for like-minded communities
working to create safer environments for children and teachers so
that they can all focus on learning.”
More than 600 U.S. schools have partnered with Evolv. Atlanta
Public Schools, Nebraska’s Winnebago Public Schools, and New
Mexico’s Clovis Municipal Schools, among others, have all put in
place Evolv systems to create a more efficient and effective
screening process as part of a layered approach to school safety.
Evolv solutions are used to screen about 250,000 students every day
across the U.S.
About Evolv Technology
Evolv Technology (NASDAQ: EVLV) is transforming human security
to make a safer, faster, and better experience for the world’s most
iconic venues and companies as well as schools, hospitals, and
public spaces, using industry leading artificial intelligence
(AI)-powered weapons detection and analytics. Its mission is to
transform security to create a safer world to work, learn, and
play. Evolv has digitally transformed the gateways in places where
people gather by enabling seamless integration combined with
powerful analytics and insights. Evolv’s advanced systems have
scanned more than 750 million people, second only to the Department
of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
in the United States. Evolv has been awarded the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) SAFETY Act Designation as a Qualified
Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT) as well as the Security Industry
Association (SIA) New Products and Solutions (NPS) Award in the Law
Enforcement/Public Safety/Guarding Systems category. Evolv
Technology®, Evolv Express®, Evolv Insights®, and Evolv Cortex AI®
are registered trademarks of Evolv Technologies, Inc. in the United
States and other jurisdictions. For more information, visit
https://evolvtechnology.com.
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