School Responds, Sues Evolv
A student's lawsuit over being stabbed at a NY state high school is turning Evolv, its integration partner, and now its customer against each...
By Conor Healy - 3 days ago
Weapon detectors (138)
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Risks Of CEIA Opengate One Zone Detection
Threat localization is common for metal and "weapons" detector but CEIA's newer Opengate does not have it. What risks exist with this? In...
By Nikita Ermolaev - 4 days ago
Top Evolv School Customer Eliminating Students' Metal Ring Binders
While Evolv often uses customers to market their products (see "Charitable" Evolv Secretly Requires School To Market Evolv), last week's ISC West...
By Nikita Ermolaev - 9 days ago
Evolv CEO Admitted Subways Not A Good Use Case 2 Weeks Before NYC Subway Partnership
Despite Evolv's CEO frankly telling investors of the problems of using its products in subways earlier this month, the NYC Mayor announced a...
By Nikita Ermolaev - 29 days ago
Possibility of Public Schools Pursuing Class Action Lawsuit Against Evolv
While many law firms are investigating shareholder lawsuits against Evolv, a new report last week contends some public school Evolv customers are...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
Motorola And Evolv Partnership Problems
Motorola is one of the biggest physical security manufacturers and an investor in Evolv. However, over the last year, problems have increased...
By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago
Students Protest Long Evolv Lines After Stabbing
While Evolv sold schools on "long lines" being eliminated, one Evolv school customer is facing controversy amidst protests over long...
By Conor Healy - about 1 month ago
Evolv False Claims About US DHS And UK Government Testing
As Evolv attempted to "correct the misinformation" about the company, following admitting the SEC is investigating the company, it misrepresented...
By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 month ago
NFL Distances Itself From Evolv
While an Evolv sales manager touted Evolv's use at "the perimeter of the Super Bowl" and "will be doing [screening at] the NFL draft," the NFL...
By Conor Healy - about 1 month ago
Evolv Supports Missing Guns To Reduce False Alarms
While Evolv marketed "weapons-free zones" with "touchless," "frictionless" screening, claiming unprecedented convenience and security that,...
By Nikita Ermolaev, Conor Healy, and John Honovich - about 2 months ago
Evolv Financial Results Q4 2023 Examined (Stock Price Declines)
A week after Evolv disclosed that it is under SEC investigation, the company announced its 2023 financial results and answered investor questions...
By Angelique Chen - about 2 months ago
How Conventional Metal Detector Providers Are Wrong
While Evolv is deceptive, they have uncovered a real customer need that, if marketed honestly, would still provide value without creating a false...
By IPVM Team - about 2 months ago
Retired General And Former Senator Defend Evolv
A day after Evolv disclosed the SEC is investigating them, Evolv released an open letter from a former Senator and a retired General defending the...
By Conor Healy, John Honovich, and Donald Maye - 2 months ago
Evolv CEO Lies: "Unless You Are Carrying A Weapon You Get To Walk Right In"
Just a day before the SEC told Evolv it was investigating the company, Evolv's CEO Peter George repeatedly lied in an interview with Forbes. Watch...
By Conor Healy - 2 months ago
The SEC Is Investigating Evolv
While Evolv has been scrutinized publicly for the past two years, now it faces its most serious challenge - an investigation by the US Securities...
By Conor Healy - 2 months ago
Gun Found at Evolv School Mega-Customer
A school district that has paid more than $15 million for Evolv is investigating how a gun found was not detected by Evolv. IPVM spoke with...
By Conor Healy - 2 months ago
Evolv Reduces False Alarms On Eyeglass Cases, Claims Motorola
Evolv has false alerts on many benign objects. However, documents published (now deleted) by its partner, Motorola, claim that the nuisance alarms...
By Nikita Ermolaev - 3 months ago
Evolv CEO Calls Metal Detectors "Dumb": The Problem Of "Alert Fatigue"
False "alert fatigue" is a real problem with weapons screening, something that Evolv's CEO called out metal detectors for in a recent investor...
By Nikita Ermolaev - 3 months ago
Evolv CEO: "Thank Goodness Nothing Tragic Has Happened Yet But It's Probably Just A Matter Of Time"
Despite currently being sued by a student stabbed by a weapon not detected by Evolv, Evolv told investors "nothing tragic has happened yet" and...
By Nikita Ermolaev - 3 months ago
Motorola Releases, Then Removes, Evolv's Allegedly Sensitive "Modified Sensitivity"
Evolv has struggled to stop the media from reporting on its false alarm problems, now going so far as a new "modified sensitivity" setting / hack...
By Conor Healy - 3 months ago
Free Visible Weapon Detection, Iterate.ai Examined
With school shootings rising, there are many new entrants in the weapons detection market. Iterate.ai recently made USA Today for its free visible...
By Jermaine Wilson - 4 months ago
School Shooting Investigation Names Admins, Including Now Evolv Marketing Director, For "Failure And Responsibility By Omission"
While a school shooting investigation named 5 Oxford, MI school officials, including a now Evolv marketing director, as contributing to "failure"...
By IPVM Team - 4 months ago
Integrator Blames Stabbing Victim and Evolv In School Lawsuit
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By Conor Healy - 4 months ago
Forkgate: School's $11.7M Evolv System Can't Tell Forks from Foes
One of the largest-ever Evolv projects has been criticized by the community, forcing one Principal to reassure parents that false alerts on "metal...
By Nikita Ermolaev - 5 months ago
Metrasens Starts Targeting School Weapons Detection
While UK's Metrasens, founded by a group of PhDs, resisted selling into the booming school weapons detection market, they have now reversed,...
By Nikita Ermolaev - 5 months ago
