Government & Municipal Security Systems
Government and municipal buildings include a wide array of facilities: city halls, fire stations, police departments, public libraries, community centers, bus stations, utility stations, and more.
These buildings require effective government security systems that accurately identify criminal activity that can be verified by a trained professional. Simultaneously, these facilities also need a unique balance of public and private access, adding additional challenges.
SONITROL understands these challenges, which is why we offer proprietary verified audio and video detection technology, integrated access control, and video surveillance in a single platform. When our sensors activate an alarm, trained professionals at SONITROL Central Stations listen, review footage, and verify the event to provide real-time information to responding authorities.
Above all, SONITROL products and solutions are listed on a General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule*, so we can work with you to implement electronic government security systems for your facilities - at the lowest negotiated fixed price.
*GSA Schedule: GS-07F-9298S
Challenges Faced by Government Buildings
Data protection: While government buildings encompass a variety of assets, data may be the most valuable. Physical security threats play a large part in obtaining such information, requiring municipal buildings to incorporate a layered security approach.
Multiple access points: Doors, windows, elevators, and vehicle access are common in municipal facilities, requiring a solution that helps prevent unauthorized access and can identify when it does occur.
False alarms: Municipal buildings are prone to false alarms, especially when there are so many facilities scattered across an area. Government security systems should reduce false alarms and effectively identify real threats, as verified by a trusted process.
Access management: Balancing public and private access to municipal buildings is delicate, requiring a role-based access control solution. This enables government officials and employees to access the areas they need for their positions while enabling public access to select spaces for the resources they need.
Multi-site visibility: City, state, and county governments have multiple buildings in their jurisdictions, requiring video surveillance and knowledge of activity across all of them. The right solution enables multi-site visibility through a single platform.
Security Challenges in Government Buildings
Among U.S. government departments/agencies, 75% have experienced data- or system-breaches.
Over 50% of security breaches involve physical access as a critical factor.
*Source: GlobeNewswire & GitNux
Tailored Municipal Security Systems
Why Partner With SONITROL?
Thanks to our patented audio sensors, SONITROL detects forced entry at the earliest sound. Our audio sensor technology identifies audio cues that are commonly associated with criminal activity, such as glass breaking, scraping metal, and heavy impacts.
Audio sensors are more accurate than other types of detection methods because they have a larger range of detection and are specifically tuned to sounds associated with break-ins. Meanwhile, motion detectors and video sensors can pick up a variety of activities that may not be associated with criminal activity.
Once these audio cues are picked up, our sensors signal an alarm, which is sent to a professional monitor who will investigate further before escalating the threat.
SONITROL minimizes false dispatches through real-time verification. So, once our team receives an alert from your system, they investigate immediately. Our monitoring team can listen in through your audio sensors to hear potential break-in activity or view integrated video surveillance. They’ll review the audio, live footage, and video recordings to determine if a threat is present.
If they have determined an emergency is underway, they’ll contact you and the authorities immediately. In the event the system was triggered accidentally by human error, animals, weather, or another cause, they’ll reset the system.
With integrated video surveillance, SONITROL can help you monitor activity across one or hundreds of municipal buildings. Our system supports multi-site security that’s accessible through a single comprehensive platform.
Video surveillance also provides our monitoring team with an additional method to verify alarms and review break-in activity, enabling more informed responses.
SONITROL also supports access control systems in our centralized platform, enabling government security systems to manage access for employees and the public. With a role-based system, government organizations can easily manage access to their facilities across multiple sites. And when paired with our monitoring and alarm systems, we can more accurately identify activity and verify threats.
SONITROL supports multi-site government facilities with centralized control. View site activity, manage access, review footage, and more through a centralized platform. Manage a single site or hundreds with our centralized dashboard, saving you time, money, and effort while elevating your security responses and investigations.
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Whether you’re starting from scratch or updating an existing system, get started with SONITROL today for cutting-edge security, when and where you need it most.