Baton Rouge crime security cameras getting update to use AI to spot guns
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Baton Rouge will be getting more crime-fighting technology, including a camera software update to use artificial intelligence to detect guns.
The Baton Rouge Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Foundation announced the new technology in a Thursday news conference about updates in the Page/Rice Camera Initiative.
The initiative, now renamed the Page/Rice Public Safety Initiative, will continue to install security cameras but will also increase the number of license plate readers along Baton Rouge roads. All security cameras will be getting ZeroEyes software integration, which uses AI to detect guns.
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According to the ZeroEyes website, this software analyzes over 36,000 images per second from video feeds and alerts police within seconds if a firearm is detected. The ZeroEyes Operations Center is staffed 24/7 by U.S. military and law enforcement intelligence, LECJ said.
“Our approach has always been to listen to the needs of our law enforcement partners,” said Clay Young, chairman of the LECJ Foundation Board of Directors. “In consultation with them, the need for LPRs and new technology and software solutions have been common themes. Now, the legacies of Devin, Allie, and others who have fallen victim to violence will live on through several different crime deterrent measures.”
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Security cameras are placed throughout the city in areas identified as high-crime hotspots. The Baton Rouge initiative is named after two gun violence victims, Allie Rice and Devin Page Jr.
Paul Rice, parent of Allison Rice, emphasizes these upgrades will be life changing, and could stop future incidents.
“If we could have read a license plate on the vehicle that drove by and shot up Devin, what if we could have seen who was walking around the area? We were able to detect the guns ahead of time before what happened to my daughter?” Rice said.
Now he hopes community members invest and unite to reduce crime.
“Protect yourselves. Protect your businesses. Protect your neighborhoods. Protect your families,” Rice said.
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