Fatal shootings on CTA, Navy Pier turn attention to weapons detection software, ZeroEyes

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Fatal shootings on CTA, Navy Pier turn attention to weapons detection software, ZeroEyes
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The Labor Day weekend murders of four passengers aboard a CTA blue line train marked another instance of gun violence in Chicago. It also renewed attention on…

The Labor Day weekend murders of four passengers aboard a CTA blue line train marked another instance of gun violence in Chicago. It also renewed attention on the relatively new weapons detection software being used by the company ZeroEyes.

A CTA spokesman told NBC 5 Investigates Wednesday that the software is installed on cameras on CTA platforms – not trains – and did not have any impact or effect on the Labor Day weekend shootings because they happened on a section of track in Forest Park – where the software was not in use. When we asked Watkins about ZeroEyes’ software limitations and what he tells potential clients, he said:

Court records show video cameras captured the movement of a suspect after a double fatal shooting there earlier this month.

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