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King’s College Hospital
King’s College Hospital in Lambeth has
one of the busiest emergency departments in
Britain. The hospital has 12,000 staff who treat
1.5 million patients a year. Kent based NT
Security maintains and has installed over 900
CCTV cameras since upgrading the hospital’s
CCTV. NT Security has also fitted over 1,300
access controlled doors, which are recording
over 400,000 activations a day. Ian Taylor,
Head of Security at the hospital, said: “CCTV
and access control measures do not always stop
crime, but they certainly assist in identifying
suspects, provide evidence of wrongdoing and
deter all but the most determined. The Trust
has and continues to invest a large amount
of capital in helping to keep the hospital safe
& secure and having a very visible security
team on duty 24/7 provides reassurance to the
public and staff that the Trust takes their safety
seriously. We are always looking to improve
our systems and believe that our relationship
with NT Security is beneficial to both parties.”
Andy Purvis, Director of Rochester-based
NT said: “Such is the size and nature of
somewhere like King’s College, a fully
integrated and robust security offering is of
the utmost importance. This is not just a case
of putting a couple of extra cameras by the
door. It needs to be state of the art equipment,
leaving no room for complacency.” Earlier,
the hospital had a variety of systems, not up to
the task the installer said due to the volume of
access controls needs. NT Security was able
to provide a single solution, the ACT PRO.
This offers the installer says a range of access
controls suitable for multi sites and for sites
the size of King’s. The Enterprise software
allows administrators to manage the system
which processes 400,000 door actions a day.
Ian Taylor said of NT: “We have been working
with them for ten years now and have built a
great working relationship that is still as strong
as ever. They have connected us with suppliers
they work closely with, which is valuable as it
allows all three parties to work together.”
National Memorial Arboretum
Near Lichfield in Staffordshire, the National
Memorial Arboretum honours those who
served in modern conflicts. A £15.7m
Remembrance Centre opened last year. The
refurbished visitor centre has discreet CCTV;
cameras from Hikvision, for instance a dome
above the entrance, pictured. Other cameras
cover the shop, enlarged cafe, and plaza that
leads to some 330 memorials, notably the
‘Basra Wall’, and Armed Forces Memorial for
those who died in conflicts since 1948. The
NMA has VIP visits, such as Prince Harry for
last November’s commemoration of Armistice
Day. As part of a £4m project, a UK Police
Memorial is planned for the site, to honour
some 1400 officers who died while on duty.
Scottish Schools
Two co-located newly built primary schools,
Aitkenbar and St Peter’s, Dumbarton, opened
in November 2016, costing £9.3m. While
those schools used to receive police visits in
response to incidents at their former sites, they
have not been victim to any theft or anti-social
behaviour, such as graffiti or vandalism. The
new site has high, climb resistant barriers, and
fencing and gating supported by CCTV and
motion sensors to trigger alerts. Many doors
open using a push bar from the inside, rather
than external handles. These security features
and others are the work of Secured by Design
(SBD), the national police crime prevention
scheme, which also accredits products.
Labour Party Conference
Operation Otter, the policing operation for the Labour
Party conference on Brighton seafront in late September,
was hailed by police. Labour’s security contractor was
Securitas. Supt Jane Derrick, who led Sussex force’s
operation, said: “Months of planning goes on ahead of the
conference and we have worked hard with our partners to
ensure the appropriate level of policing to keep delegates
and the public safe. I want to thank the community of
Brighton and Hove for all their support and cooperation.
We’ve done our best to reduce any inconvenience to them during what has been a busy period
for the city.” Meanwhile police ‘Protest Liaison Teams’ ‘facilitated’ some demonstrations in the
city, and police oversaw Brighton’s Premier League match against Newcastle United on Sunday.
“My final thanks go to the police officers and staff and all our partners who worked on this
operation, and those who provided policing support elsewhere in Sussex, for their professionalism
throughout.” A year ago Labour found itself in controversy when it threw over the event security
and stewarding contractor Showsec, claiming differences over unionisation, and late in the day
engaged OCS. Pictured: Brighton city centre graffiti.
BRICS Summit
The ninth BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China
in September drew leaders of the five BRICS
member countries (Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa). Working on the
project from January, Dahua provided security
systems for the summit, as the Chinese firm did
for the G20 Hangzhou Summit in 2016. The
BRICS security command centre, administered
by the Public Security Department of Xiamen,
was fitted with a Dahua visual emergency
dispatch and command system. The Centre’s
display wall was stitched together with
Dahua edgeless HD LED panels, giving a
picture of units under the centre’s control,
which simplified control and responses. The
security system around the conference centre
besides the visual emergency dispatch and
command system in the command centre both
used video surveillance and display solutions
from Dahua. A customised Dahua Mobile
Solution with GPS positioning and in-vehicle
wireless image transmission was installed
on 228 patrol cars and 72 other cars from the
Xiamen Public Security Bureau which was
used to clear the way for visiting leaders.
This provided the command centre with a
continuous live overview of all areas while
providing support for the handling of various
incidents. ‘Four Bridges and One Tunnel’ is
the phrase used to describe the various road
access points to Xiamen Island, the site of the
main summit. To secure these access points,
Dahua employed intelligent analysis, big data,
and video analysis to aid emergency command
and information technology management,
providing uninterrupted HD video and smart
road event monitoring on bridges and tunnels.
Dahua also contributed to the security of other
key areas such as the airport, train station,
ferry piers, and police checkpoints. In nearby
districts, Dahua set up video surveillance
for guarding routes; and the Dahua Smart
Healthcare Solution covered various hospitals
in Xiamen. Device malfunctions: zero.
22 NOVEMBER 2017 PROFESSIONAL SECURITY www.professionalsecurity.co.uk