“We prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.” — Nehemiah 4:9
THE WATCHMAN
ON THE WALL
Detect threats before the first shot is ever fired — without turning your sanctuary into a surveillance state. Built for churches. By a church security team member.
The Threat Is Real. And Growing.
In 2018, the Family Research Council documented 50 hostile incidents at U.S. churches. By 2024, that number had exploded to 415 documented attacks — against 383 different churches. That's not a trend. That's an epidemic.
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Attacks on U.S. churches in 2024
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Occur during Sunday morning service
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Minutes — average police response time
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Gun incidents doubled year-over-year
2024 Breakdown
284
Acts of vandalism
55
Arsons
28
Gun-related incidents
14
Bomb threats
47
Assaults & threats
“68% of church shootings occur on Sundays — peaking at 11:00 AM service.”
The exact moment your sanctuary is fullest. The exact moment your children's wing is packed.
What Paladin Does For Your Safety Team
AI-powered detection across every camera, every campus, every second — giving your volunteers the eyes and ears they need.
Real-Time Firearm Detection
Paladin's AI identifies a brandished weapon in your camera feed and alerts your safety team in seconds — not minutes. Before the first shot. Before anyone in the sanctuary even knows something is wrong.
Your volunteers can't watch every camera at once. Paladin can — 24/7, without blinking.
Behavioral Anomaly Detection
Someone bypasses the sanctuary and heads straight for the children's wing? Someone lingering at your perimeter for 20 minutes? Someone moving against foot traffic during an evacuation? Flagged.
These are the patterns trained officers look for — patterns your volunteer was never taught to spot.
Children's Ministry Protection
Integrates directly with Planning Center. When an unauthorized person approaches the children's zone — someone who didn't check in a child, someone who doesn't match pickup authorization — your team is alerted instantly.
No other security platform in the world connects to your ChMS. Not ZeroEyes. Not Verkada. None.
Multi-Campus Dashboard
Running two, three, four campuses? Paladin gives your executive pastor and safety director a single, real-time view across every campus. One screen. Every camera. Every alert.
See every campus — from your main office. Every parking lot, lobby, and sanctuary at once.
AI Audio Detection
Cameras can't hear. AI audio detection runs alongside your feeds to catch gunshots, screams, glass breaking, and aggressive speech patterns — events invisible to video alone.
Sound covers areas cameras can't fully see. No audio blind spots.
License Plate Recognition
Build a BOLO database for your threat environment. Automatically flag blacklisted plates — restraining orders, flagged incidents, sex offenders near children's areas — and log all vehicle entries.
Detect stolen vehicles, unknown surveillance vehicles, and restricted persons before they enter.
Emergency Mass Notification
When Paladin detects a critical threat, your entire safety team is alerted simultaneously. Push notifications to every volunteer's phone. Coordinated response. No radio relay chain.
In an active threat, seconds decide who lives. Your team needs to know NOW.
AI Incident Reporting
After any event, Paladin generates a structured incident report with timeline, camera footage, and detection data. What took 45 minutes of scribbling now takes 5 minutes of review.
Your insurance company will love this. Your board will love this.
Zero Facial Recognition
Paladin detects threats, not people. We don't build profiles of your members. We don't track attendance through surveillance. We don't store biometric data. Privacy preserved completely.
This is not Big Brother in the church. This is a watchman — looking outward, not inward.
Built For Churches. By A Church Security Team.
Billion-dollar security companies sell AI to churches as an afterthought. Paladin was built from the first line of code for houses of worship.
Planning Center Integration
The only security platform that integrates with your ChMS — used by over 76,000 churches. When a child is checked in, Paladin knows. When an unauthorized person approaches the children's zone, your team knows instantly.
No other platform does this. Not ZeroEyes. Not IntelliSee. Not Verkada.
Built for Volunteer Safety Teams
Designed around the reality that your "security force" is twelve guys in polo shirts who give up their Sunday mornings because they love this church. Not tactical operators. Sheepdogs.
We speak your language. We know what the Host Team does on Sunday morning.
Zero Congregant Tracking
Paladin detects threats, not people. No facial recognition. No biometric data. No attendance tracking through surveillance. Your congregation's privacy and your sanctuary's sanctity — preserved completely.
A watchman on the wall — looking outward for danger, not inward at the flock.
“When a parent hands you their three-year-old at the check-in kiosk at 8:55 AM… that is the most sacred act of trust in all of ministry.”
We built Paladin to honor it.
100% Grant-Funded. Zero From Your Tithes.
The federal government has set aside funding specifically to pay for security technology at churches and houses of worship through the FEMA Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP).
$274.5M
Federal funds available
$200K
Per campus
$600K
Multi-campus total (3 sites)
Your Church Is Likely Eligible
- Your church, as a 501(c)(3), is almost certainly eligible
- FY2026 application window opens this summer
- Paladin can be 100% grant-funded — zero dollars out of pocket
Eligible Expenses Include
We Help You Apply
Our team walks you through the entire NSGP application process. We help you prepare the Investment Justification and connect you with your State Administrative Agency. You don't need a grant writer. You don't need a consultant. Just say yes.
What You Can Tell Your Board
“I found a security platform built specifically for churches.
It integrates with Planning Center. It gives our safety team real-time AI-powered detection across all our campuses. It protects our children's ministry at the check-in level.
It generates the incident reports our insurance company has been asking about.
And the federal government is going to pay for it.”
That's not a hard sell. That's a standing ovation.
Start Your Grant ApplicationBuilt By A Sheepdog
Paladin wasn't built in a Silicon Valley office. It was born in a church parking lot at 8:47 AM on a Sunday — by a Marine, an AI engineer, and a church security volunteer who realized he could do better than a walkie-talkie and good intentions.
Marine Corps Officer
Veteran U.S. Marine Corps Officer. Leadership forged in the most demanding environment on earth — now deployed to protect your congregation.
AI Engineer
Deep expertise in computer vision, machine learning, and real-time detection systems. The same technology that defends nations, purpose-built for your church.
Proven Startup Builder
Founded and launched multiple technology companies including nootropic.ai, retatruti.de, and mirrorapp.ai — shipping production AI systems that serve real users.
Your Legal Shield
Courts now evaluate church liability based on foreseeability. After an incident, they ask four questions:
- Did criminal conduct occur on or near your property previously?
- How recently did that conduct occur?
- How similar was that conduct to the current incident?
- What publicity was given to those previous acts?
Paladin gives you documented, timestamped, AI-verified evidence that you invested in proactive security. That's not just security — that's your legal shield.
Lower Your Insurance Costs
Brotherhood Mutual, GuideOne, and Church Mutual — the three largest church insurance providers — are all moving toward preferred vendor programs that tie premium reductions to documented security technology adoption.
Churches with proactive, documented security measures are qualifying for lower deductibles and premium credits.
“The members of your congregation see and hear what's going on in the world. Having a security team and plan will likely have a calming effect.”
Protect Your Flock Starting This Sunday
Three steps between your church and the protection it deserves.
Free Security Assessment
Our team reviews your campus layout, existing camera infrastructure, and current safety protocols. No cost. No obligation. Just a clear picture of where you stand.
See Paladin On Your Cameras
We run a live demo using your actual camera feeds so you can see exactly what AI-powered detection looks like in your building, on your screens, in real time.
Build Your Grant Application
If you're eligible — and most 501(c)(3) churches are — we help you prepare a complete NSGP application package to fund your entire Paladin deployment at zero out-of-pocket cost.
The 90-Day “Peace of Mind” Guarantee
If at any point during your first 90 days you feel that Paladin hasn't delivered exactly what we've promised — for any reason, or for no reason at all — we will refund every penny. No questions asked. No hassle. No hard feelings.
No church that has seen Paladin working has ever wanted to go back to walkie-talkies and blind spots. Not one.
P.S. — Remember: 68% of church shootings happen at Sunday morning service. Paladin is the only AI security platform built specifically for churches, with native Planning Center integration, children's ministry protection, and multi-campus monitoring. And the FEMA NSGP may fund the entire cost. Schedule your free assessment today — before this Sunday.
P.P.S. — If you're a safety team leader — the volunteer who gives up his Sunday mornings because he feels the weight of protecting his church family — I built this for you. You deserve better than a walkie-talkie and a prayer. Forward this to your executive pastor. Tell him: “This is what we've been needing.”
“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are undisturbed.” — Luke 11:21