HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
YOU CAN, IN THE WAKE OF
YESTERDAY'S SHOOTING AND MANY
OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
STAYING SAFE IS ON EVERYONE'S
MIND.
AND HERE TO TALK ABOUT A NEW
TECHNOLOGY THAT PROMISES TO
DEFECT GUNSHOTS AND ALERT
AUTHORITIES FOR INCREASED
CHANCES OF SAVING LIVES IS SEAN
CASTILLO WITH SHOOTER DESEX
SYSTEM.
-- DETECTION SYSTEM.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS SYSTEM.
>> IT'S A GUNSHOT DETECTOR.
THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN INDOOR
UNIT.
COMBINES AN IR SENSOR TO DEFECT
THE MUZZLE FLASH AND
SOPHISTICATED MICROPHONES TO
IDENTIFY THE SOUND, IDENTIFY THE
GUNSHOT AND ALSO GIVE YOU A
LOCATION.
THEN WE CAN SEND THAT
INFORMATION TO FIRST RESPONDERS
AND STAKEHOLDERS.
>> THIS IS BASED ON MILITARY
TECHNOLOGY.
>> CORRECT.
THE OUTDOOR UNITS AND INDOOR
UNITS HAVE ROOTS IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENDANT.
>> IN A SCHOOL, DO YOU HAVE ONE
UNIT OR DO YOU HAVE MULTIPLE
UNITS?
>> WE'LL HAVE A NETWORK OF THE
UNITS.
THE SPREAD THROUGHOUT COMMON
AREAS, CLASSROOMS, IN ORDER TO
CAPTURE THE ENTIRE AREA.
>> WHAT ARE SOME AREAS THAT
WOULD BE PRIME TO HAVE THIS
NETWORK?
>> TRUTHFULLY, IT'S ANYWHERE
PEOPLE LEARN, PEOPLE WORK, AND
PEOPLE PLAY.
SO UNIVERSITIES, K-12 SCHOOLS,
CORPORATE OFFICES, MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
LOCATIONS.
>> HOW MANY OF THESE ARE OUT
THERE?
>> THERE ARE OVER 15,000 SHOOTER
DETECTION SYSTEMS INSTALLED
TODAY.
>> AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE, BUT
CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME IDEAS WHERE
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME IN TEXAS?
>> THERE ARE SOME CORPORATE
OFFICES WITH THESE SYSTEMS AND
ALSO SOME CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE UTILITY
LOCATIONS.
>> YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHERE F
SECURITY REASONS.
>> CORRECT.
>> ONE OF THESE GOES -- HO
FAR-REACHING IS THAT SIGNAL?
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING, ON
OTHER FACTORS AS WELL.
OWE IN THE PLANNING PHASES OF
THE PROJECT, WE WOULD DO A
DETAILED ASSESSMENT.
IDENTIFY WHERE WE NEED TO LOCATE
THESE SENSORS.
>> AND YOU CAN DO SOMETHING
THAT'S BEING BUILT OR SOMETHING
THAT'S ALREADY BUILT, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
YOU CAN TO NEW CONSTRUCTION OR
RETRO FIT.
>> A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE KIDS IN
SCHOOL.
THAT THE BEEN ONE OF THE PRIME
AREAS THAT UNFORTUNATELY THERE
HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS.
AND HOW DOES THIS WORK IN A
SCHOOL?
JUST LIKE SHOOT ALL WAY DOWN?
HOW DOES A TEACHER IN A
CLASSROOM WHERE THE INCIDENT IS
NOT HAPPENING, HOW ARE THEY
GOING TO BE ALERTED?
>> THAT'S THE MAGIC OF THIS
SYSTEM.
WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT THERE WAS A
GUNSHOT.
WE CAN LOCATE THAT GUNSHOT.
AND THEN WE CAN COMBINE THE
SENSORS WITH A LOT OF OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES.
VIDEO CAMERAS THAT ARE COLOCATED
AND KNOW WHERE THAT GUNSHOT WAS
DETECTED.
THEN WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THAT
INFORMATION, VIA TEXT MESSAGES,
EMAIL, MOBILE APPLICATIONS TO
FACILITY STAKEHOLDERS BUT ALSO
TO FIRST RESPONDERS SO THEY KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
BUILDING WHEN THEY GO TO ADDRESS
THE SITUATION.
>> SO STAYING WITH A SCHOOL,
WOULD THAT GO IF A TEACHER IS IN
ANOTHER WING, ANOTHER BUILDING,
WOULD THEY GET AN ALERT THAT
SAYS, GUNSHOTS HAVE BEEN
DETECTED IN, SAY, A WING ROOM
102?
>> DOWN TO THE SENSOR, YES.
YOU CAN LOCATE EXACTLY WHERE IT
OCCURRED.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE IT A
STEP FURTHER.
YOU CAN ALSO TAKE OTHER ACTION
SUCH AS LOCKING DOWN THE
BUILDING.
>> SO THIS IS THE INDOOR ONE BUT
YOU HAVE ONES THAT CAN DETECT
FOR OUTDOORS, GIANT PARKING LOTS
LIKE HERE AT THE GALLERIA WOULD
BE MAYBE AN EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE SUPER BOWL COMING IN.
DO YOU ALSO HAVE SOMETHING FOR
STADIUMS?
>> YES.
SO THIS IS THE INDOOR SENSOR.
THERE'S ALSO AN OUTDOOR VERSION
OF THE DETECTION SYSTEMS THAT
WILL WORK.
>> WOULD THERE BE ANY CHANCE FOR
A FALSE READING, SAY A FIREWORKS
OR A BACK FIRING?
>> SHOOTER DEGREES SYSTEMS HAS
WORKED VERY HARD TO BUILD ANING
A GORERISM SO YOU WILL NOT --
ALGORITHM SO YOU WILL NOT GET A
FALSE ALARM.
>> YOU HAVE 15,000 THAT ARE OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M ASSUMING PROBABLY BEING
REALLY BUSY WITH GOING INTO A
LOT MORE PLACES.
>> DEFINITELY.
THERE'S A LOT OF MALLS, A LOT OF
SCHOOLS BEING -- IN THE PLANNING
PHASES OF THESE PROJECTS AS
WELL.
>> THOSE BIG AREAS.
SO WHAT ABOUT SUPER BOWL?
LIKE AN EVENT LIKE SUPER BOWL.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T SAY YES OR NO
WE'RE PREPARING, BUT BIG GIANT
FESTIVALS.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR A
TEMPORARY SYSTEM WHERE THERE
WOULD BE A MASS OF PEOPLE?
>> DEFINITELY, THE OUTDOOR UNITS
WILL WORK IN OUTDOOR SCENARIO
AND YOU CAN BUILD AD HOC SENSORS
IN THOSE AREAS.
>> FOR MOMS AND DADS AT HOME,
CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOUR KID'S
SCHOOLS HAVE THESE.
IT COULD SAVE LIVES AND
SOMETHING THAT SADLY