School security system detects gun in Rocky Mount High School student's backpack

The Evolv Security System, which was installed in Nash County Schools over the summer, detected the weapon as the student was walking in around 7 a.m. It's the same security system parents and students in Wake County have been requesting for their schools.
Posted 11/29/2023, 5:17:58 PM Updated 11/30/2023, 12:00:56 AM

WARM-UP AND THE RAIN IN THE

FORECAST.

TODAY, 3 SEPARATE INCIDENTS

INVOLVING STUDENTS AND SCHOOL

SECURITY HAPPENED ACROSS THE

AREA AS A HIGH SCHOOL IN

RALEIGH REMAIN CLOSED AFTER

A DEADLY STABBING.

>> HELLO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU

FOR JOINING US. I'M DEBRA

MORGAN AND I'M GERALD OWENS.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE WEAPONS

DETECTION SYSTEM IN ROCKY MOUNT

HIGH SCHOOL IDENTIFIED A

STUDENT WITH A LOADED GUN IN

FAYETTEVILLE, 3 STUDENTS WERE

SENT TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER

EATING GUMMIES LACED WITH DRUGS

ON A SCHOOL BUS. AND IN

CARRBORO STUDENTS WERE SENT

HOME EARLY AFTER A BOMB THREAT.

WE BEGIN IN ROCKY MOUNT WHERE

THE HIGH SCHOOL SECURITY SYSTEM

STOPPED. WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN

A THREAT.

>> FINDING THE GUN WHEN A

STUDENT WALKS THROUGH THE

SCHOOL SYSTEM WRAL'S EAST OR

NORTH CAROLINA. HEIDI KIRK JUST

JOINS US NOW WITH HOW HIGH-TECH

SECURITY WORKED AND HOW OTHER

SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE REACTING.

>> SOME WOULD CALL THIS A

SUCCESS STORY FOR THE EVOLVE

SECURITY SYSTEM AFTER IT

UNCOVERED THAT GUN HERE.

IT ROCKY MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL

DISTRICT SAYS THAT THEY'VE

UNCOVERED 2 WEAPONS SAYS THAT

SECURITY SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED

IN AUGUST.

>> A SECURITY SYSTEM IN PLACE.

IT'S THE VERY SYSTEM THAT

STOPPED ONE STUDENT FROM

BRINGING A LOADED GUN INTO

ROCKY MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ARE GLAD TO KNOW THAT THE

INVOLVED SYSTEM AND OUR WEAPONS

DETECTION REPORTED THIS

INCIDENT. NASH COUNTY IS ONE

OF 6 COUNTIES IN THE AREA THAT

YOU SOME TYPE OF WEAPONS

DETECTOR. WE ARE GOING TO

ALWAYS EVALUATE WHAT OUR

SECURITY ISSUES ARE. AND THAT'S

WHAT THIS UPCOMING MEETING.

>> IS GOING TO BE ABOUT.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT SECURITY

WISE? THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT

THE SYSTEM. A STUDY IN ENGLAND

FOUND EVOLVE FAILED TO DETECT

42% OF LARGE KNIVES IN 24

WALK-THROUGHS.

>> THAT'S WHY NASH COUNTY ALSO

RELIES ON SCHOOL RESOURCE

OFFICERS AND ANONYMOUS APPS

THAT ALLOW STUDENTS TO MAKE

TIPS. I DO BELIEVE IT'S

NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE.

>> YOU NOT SOLELY RELY ON A

WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM OR A

METAL DETECTOR. YOU HAVE TO

HAVE MULTIPLE PROCEDURES IN

PLACE TO KEEP THE STAFF AND

STUDENTS A SAFE AND HAD THAT IS

YOUR TOP PRIORITY.

>> ROCKY MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL IS

STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER

THAT STUDENT BROUGHT IN THAT

KHAN THIS MORNING. AND WRAL

IS GOING TO STICK WITH THIS

STORY AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE

YOU UPDATES AS THEY COME INTO

OUR NEWSROOM. HEIDI KIRK, WRAL,

NEWS IN ROCKY MOUNT, THE ROCKY

MOUNT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT

GIVEN US AN UPDATE ON ANY

© WRAL