Overview
- Body-worn camera video shows officers detain and search 16-year-old Taki Allen at Kenwood High before realizing the flagged item was a Doritos bag.
- Baltimore County council members Julian Jones and Izzy Patoka called for a formal review of the AI gun-detection program and its safeguards.
- Baltimore County Public Schools said the alert was sent for human review and later canceled, but the principal reported it to the school resource officer who sought police support after not realizing it had been cleared.
- Omnilert said the system functioned as intended by escalating a look-alike image for rapid human assessment and expressed regret for the incident.
- An officer heard on the footage said "AI is not the best," as the district offered counseling to students and school and county reviews moved forward.