Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid escalating violence | Unpublished
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Author: Nicole Ireland
Publication Date: April 21, 2025 - 10:04

Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid escalating violence

April 21, 2025
London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons detection system in its emergency department as health care workers across the country continue to grapple with increasing violence.The Southwestern Ontario health care network started using one of the artificial intelligence-driven systems at its University Hospital site on April 15 and will install a second one at Victoria Hospital on May 6.


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The 30-year-old suspect charged in the SUV-ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that left at least 11 people dead has a “significant history of interactions with police and health care professionals related to mental health,” Vancouver Police Department Interim Chief Steve Rai said on Sunday.That’s police-speak for what can be more plainly stated thus: “The man who allegedly went on a deadly rampage suffers from untreated mental illness, likely schizophrenia, and he’s been picked up numerous times in a psychotic state.”
April 27, 2025 - 21:38 | André Picard | The Globe and Mail
Vancouver’s acting police chief said that Saturday was the city’s darkest day. It was also the darkest for Canada’s dynamic and growing Filipino community.The vehicle attack that killed 11 people at a street festival Saturday night left its roughly one million members reeling.
April 27, 2025 - 21:20 | Marcus Gee, Brent Jang, Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail