{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-09-30T06:30:26.452Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"maryland","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"minors","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":1,"coreRelations":0,"contextualRelations":1,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2025-baltimore-county-md-school-ai-gun-alert-chip-bag-student-searched","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"after an AI-driven security system flagged the teen's empty bag of chips as a possible firearm","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"How did it come to be that we had police officers with guns drawn approaching a kid because of a bag of Doritos?","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Omnilert AI Gun Detection System warned school leaders at Kenwood High School that a student had a gun.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Police officers responded to the school, searched the individual, and quickly confirmed that they were not in possession of any weapons.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"An AI gun detection system (Omnilert) alerted on a Kenwood High School student in Baltimore County, the object was a bag of chips and not a weapon, and police searched the student.","causal_attribution":"The reports connect the police response to the alert. The district and the vendor say the system operated as designed and that humans review alerts, so responsibility for the police response is contested between the system, the review steps and the responding staff."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"They made me get on my knees, put my hands behind my back, and cuffed me,","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"they had a gun pointed at me","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"handcuffed and searched","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The student reported being made to kneel, being handcuffed and searched, and having a gun pointed at them.","causal_attribution":"First-person account given to a local television station and relayed by the CNN wire and the Guardian (one chain). CNN also states the handcuffing in its own voice without naming a source other than the student interview. Police statements inspected confirm a search only."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"reviewed and canceled the gun detection alert after confirming there was no weapon","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The principal didn't immediately realize the alert had been canceled","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"she reported the matter to Kenwood's school resource officer, who called local police for support","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"The Department of School Safety and Security reviewed and canceled the initial alert after confirming there was no weapon.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The school district security department reviewed and canceled the alert after confirming there was no weapon. A district spokesperson said the principal did not immediately realize the alert had been canceled. The principal reported the matter to the school resource officer, who called police.","causal_attribution":"Account of the review sequence comes from the principal letter and district spokespeople. It attributes the police response to a communication gap after human review and does not exonerate the alert."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Baltimore County officials say they want a review of the process that led to Monday's police response.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Baltimore County councilmembers are calling on school officials and police to review an A.I. gun detection system","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Our counselors will provide direct support to the students who were involved in this incident","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"County councilmembers called for a review of the AI system, and the school said counselors would support the students involved.","causal_attribution":"Institutional responses reported by the outlets. The outcome of any review is not established in the inspected sources."}],"effects":[{"label":"Student searched by armed police after a false AI weapon alert","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://abc7.com/post/student-handcuffed-doritos-bag-mistaken-gun-schools-ai-security-system-baltimore-county-maryland/18073796/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"wbal-relay"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/24/baltimore-student-ai-gun-detection-system-doritos","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"wbal-relay"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/false-alarm-gun-detection-kenwood-maryland-artificial-intelligence-review/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"wjz-cbs-baltimore"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["institutional_use"],"contexts":["education","public_services"],"unknowns":["Event date is derived from the reports' \"Monday\" references relative to their publication dates (23 to 26 October 2025). The inspected bodies do not print the calendar date of the event.","The handcuffing and gun-pointing account is one first-person account relayed by two outlets, and CNN also states the handcuffing in its own voice without another named source. Police statements inspected confirm only a search after a report of a suspicious person with a weapon.","The outcome of the county review is not reported in the inspected sources.","The student's exact age is not stated. Sources call the student a teen and a child.","Vendor and district statements say the system worked as designed and that humans review alerts. Whether the review step or the alert caused the police dispatch is not settled."],"geography":{"basis":"The reports place the event at a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, with the county police department and county council responding. Country is stated by place names in the inspected reports and is not inferred from outlet or vendor headquarters.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Three news reports read in full (one via Internet Archive capture). The AI alert, the absence of a weapon and the search are separately reported. The handcuffing account is attributed to the student. The student's name is omitted because the student is a minor.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Two separately reported chains say the AI alert flagged the object: the CNN wire with a vendor statement (its student account is WBAL-derived, as is the Guardian, a WBAL relay), and local CBS reporting with vendor and superintendent statements. Both also report human review steps between the alert and the police response.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about"]},"name":"Baltimore County, Maryland: school AI gun alert on a bag of chips leads to police search of a student","summary":"On a Monday evening in October 2025 (20 October by the reports' weekday references) an AI gun detection system (Omnilert) used at Kenwood High School alerted on a student holding an empty bag of chips. Police responded and searched the student and found no weapon. The student told a local television station that officers made them kneel, handcuffed them and pointed a gun at them. The school district says its security department reviewed and canceled the alert after confirming there was no weapon, and a district spokesperson said the principal did not immediately realize the alert had been canceled. County councilmembers called for a review. No outcome of a review is established in the sources.","incidentDate":"2025-10-20","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-10-23","aiSystem":"Omnilert AI Gun Detection System (video analytics on school security cameras)","aiProduct":"Omnilert gun detection","aiCompany":"Omnilert","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["loss_of_liberty","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A student was searched by police after the AI alert and reported being handcuffed at gunpoint and fearing for their life (student account relayed by CNN and the Guardian). The school letter confirms a search and offers counseling.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"supported","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One student who was searched. Other students who witnessed the event are mentioned in the school letter but are not counted without a reported harm to each.","victimAgeRange":"minor","platformType":"other","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/false-alarm-gun-detection-kenwood-maryland-artificial-intelligence-review/","primarySourceLabel":"CBS Baltimore (WJZ): A.I. gun detection false alarm at school has Baltimore County leaders calling for review, 23 October 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:42:19.255568+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:56.487109+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2025"]}]}