With artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolving and expanding in its size, scope, and abilities, houses of worship are beginning to look at ways to harness its power to protect congregants from mass shootings.
Matt Montana, director of safety at Valley Baptist Church out in Bakersfield, California, told the “Higher Ground With Billy Hallowell” podcast how his church is preparing to use AI to stop gunmen in their tracks.
“I came on staff here a little over three years ago after retiring from law enforcement,” he said. “And as I assessed the safety needs of our community … I really felt it was important to kind of identify some sort of technology that would allow us to identify if somebody had weapons on our campus.”
Montana, whose church has four campuses, said guns themselves aren’t his concern…
