LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jefferson County Public Schools is (JCPS) beginning the process of installing weapon detection systems in every middle and high school in the district.
In a letter sent home to families, the district explained how the new system will work.
The units -- designed by Evolv Technology -- will be used to detect concealed weapons, like guns, that students have as they walk into school every morning.
They say students will not have to remove any of their belongings.
If the system does detect something on a student, a trained staff member will then search them.
The letter was sent home to families with students at 14 different high schools.
Those schools are:
- Academy @ Shawnee
- Ballard
- Butler
- Doss
- duPont Manual
- Eastern
- Fern Creek
- Iroquois
- Marion C. Moore
- PRP
- Seneca
- Valley
- Waggener
- Western
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