HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Safety is one thing a Triad school doesn't want parents to worry about.

• Phoenix Academy will be the first in the state to implement a gunshot detection system that interacts with police
• The device listens for specific sounds and then tries to detect the appropriate lights that would come off a fired gun
• High Point Police will integrate their dispatch system with this program in January

Phoenix Academy, a charter school in High Point, will be the first in the state to implement a gunshot detection system that interacts with police.

The device listens for specific sounds and then tries to detect the appropriate lights that would come off a fired gun. Guilford County representative John Faircloth says if it works, he hopes to get it into every school.

"If it works, the way that it's advertised then we are going to be implementing this across our country," said Rep. John Faircloth. “I'm going to do my very best that North Carolina participates in it."

The system costs the charter school $400,000 and they were able to pay for it with bonds. High Point Police will integrate their dispatch system with this program in January.