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Philadelphia-Area School District Leader Reflects On New AI Safety System Added This Year
AI Evolv has detected a total of seven knives or box cutters, two brass knuckles and seven pepper spray devices across the three schools.
June 12, 2025
As the 2024–2025 school year wraps up, the superintendent of Delaware County's largest school system is reflecting on the impact of new technology designed to keep students safe.
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Upper Darby School District Superintendent Daniel McGarry said since its installation on Dec.11, 2024, Evolv has detected a total of seven knives or box cutters, two brass knuckles and seven pepper spray devices across the three schools.
"We don't have any evidence that these weapons were coming on campus as a use of force," McGarry said. "It was usually an awkwardness like, 'I had this because I was cutting food.'"
