With the Scottish-based installer, Scotshield, the product manufacturer ISM has provided Police Scotland with a custody security management system at the new Kittybrewster site in Aberdeen. The new custody suite, costing about £11m, includes 60 cells, a virtual court, an identity parade suite and rooms for a local community policing team. The Scotland-wide police force, established in April 2013, covers some 28,168 square miles.
The newly completed custody suite includes a number of security sub-systems integrated into one PSIM (physical security information management) solution, Genesys2, including CCTV, access control, intercoms, affray alarms, intruder detection, fire detection and cell call.
According to its developers, Genesys2 facilitates the integration of third-party hardware on a single platform. It offers a GUI showing real-time active icons so that users can see activity and events as and when they happen. A log enables managers to produce audit trails. True system interoperability is accomplished via an action list application. This enables every device for each system to interact via cause and effect scenarios with graphical maps and memos or instructions relating to the alarms, which are then communicated to the operators. All events are automatically triggered when a device changes state, to do away with human error.
ISM’s Business Development Director, John Waite, said:“We are delighted to have provided the Genesys integrated security system and our Ultimate 3000 Cell Call system for Police Scotland. This includes many bespoke software features, which contributed to the overall success of the project and is another example of why ISM continues to dominate the supply of PSIM systems to the police sector.”
Pictured is the Ultimate 3000 panel.
