Visalia student arrested over gun threat

Visalia Unified School District uses an AI-powered technology called Lightspeed Alert that allows the district to identify threats rapidly without manual intervention and investigation. The software flags possible incidences from school shooting threats to possible suicides.

"I can’t emphasize enough, and how seriously, that Lightspeed Alert saves lives. We have instances where we have gotten the alert, called law enforcement and literally stopped a student from hurting themself,” Judy Burgess, Director of Equity and Student Services said in a statement. "This was for a student we never even expected to have an issue."

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