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and record are the areas where we take money, such as the revenue department at thewindow, and building inspections.”Probably the biggest difference between the detention portion of the building and theother areas is that Mattis’ portion primarily relies on the recorded history.Mattis was concerned with having a video record of any incident that might occur. Areasof concern, such as the courtroom, have officers posted right there to deter any incident.Detention’s needs were understandably different. “We are a 64-bed facility,” Manginosays. “We monitor around 120 cameras in the whole facility. We monitor all inmatemovement, bookings, cell blocks, property rooms, the medical unit, everything thathappens within the facility 24/7. We also have the capacity to go back and pull video ifthere are any incidents.”These unique needs were met through the type of cameras used. “The biggest thing[detention] was concerned with was the coverage they would get in the area we werelocating the cameras,” he says. “That required us to use more PTZs in several of theircorridors so they could pan and tilt down both corridors. So instead of using fixedcameras at both ends in both directions, we used the PTZ cameras. It was a challenge, butwe got very good coverage of the building,” Sport says.Using the SystemIn practice, the Vicon system has providedmany benefits for all parties involved. “Whatwe had in the past only recorded when youtold it to record,” Mattis says. “Now we arerecording all the time. It writes over itself aftera certain period of time. That’s the biggestdifference right there.”“Our system is pretty sophisticated,” Mattisadds. We have 40 cameras, switchers,networks, DVRs. I have to say that the Vicon system has been very reliable.”Mattis was already familiar with the Vicon product. “When I heard we were going tohave that equipment I was relaxed, knowing that I was getting quality equipment,” hesays. “Quality and reliability of the equipment is more important than anything to me,with the way I am using it.”On the detention side, the new Vicon system was a big change – and a hugeimprovement. “We were really a small Mayberry-type facility before,” Mangino says.“We had cameras, and they did record, but they were time-lapsed. When we went toreview, everyone looked like a robot. It was not an accurate perception when reviewingincidents.”