FILE - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivers the State of the State address on Jan. 18, 2023, in Jefferson, Mo. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson vetoed funding Friday, June 28, 2024 for a school safety initiative that would have used special video surveillance software to detect guns, becoming the second governor in as many months to balk at implementing the technology.
The budget bills in both states were supported by ZeroEyes, a technology firm founded by military veterans after the fatalin Florida. ZeroEyes uses surveillance cameras and artificial intelligence to spot people with guns and alert school administrators and law enforcement officers. , school security has become a multibillion-dollar industry. Various states also have provided funding to equip staff with mobile panic buttons and toAll told, Parson said, he made about $1 billion of line-item vetoes to the budget.