Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust calls in BSIA member to secure premises

Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust was experiencing difficulties with repeat offences such as theft, robbery and motor vehicle burglaries at its sites. Consequently, the trust called in a BSIA member to install an access control and CCTV solution.

The BSIA member installed CCTV across a network of 11 Derbyshire NHS sites, which linked back to a monitoring station. Across the 11 sites, a variety of 37 CCTV units, infrared detectors and tannoy solutions were installed. Furthermore, the BSIA member also introduced a total of 17 access control installations as well as 24 proximity readers, break glass and infrared detectors. This integrated systems provided operators with a thorough overview of the entire site's security and a quicker and more effective solution.

Each member of Derbyshire NHS staff was issued with an access key and on using the key, the action is bookmarked along with the footage from the nearest CCTV unit. If an access card is stolen and access is granted fraudulently, CCTV footage of when and where it was used can be brought up on the integrated recording timeline. This is done almost instantaneously thus allowing for quick evidential footage retrieval. Furthermore, if one of the break-glass detectors or an infrared alarm is activated, this is also logged into the CCTV footage, which operators can examine straightaway.

Following the introduction of this integrated security system, crime rates across Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust reduced to zero.

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