NCJ Number
171995
Journal
Security Management Volume: 41 Issue: 9 Dated: (September 1997) Pages: 109-112
Date Published
1997
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This article describes a cost-effective security change at a publishing house's regional office in New Jersey.
Abstract
When the 500,000-square-foot office was opened, managers knew security would have to be improved. The only protective measures in place at the time consisted of 12 full-time and part- time contract officers responsible for patrolling the large outdoor parking lots, monitoring the two-building complex, and staffing the office's three main entrances. There was no electronic security system and no way to monitor who might be entering or exiting through the facility's other 10 doors. Six months after moving into the office in 1994, the company reduced its security staff while better protecting the facility. Today, the publishing house has distributed photo identification cards and installed an electronic access control system that is integrated with surveillance cameras, magnetic door locks, intercoms, and a handful of employee duress buttons. The installation allowed the company to reduce its security staff by 80 percent, and today the sprawling complex can be monitored by one or two officers stationed at the on-site security center. The article describes the plan development, system integration, installation, the designing of the badges, and training.