Along with head counts, inmate movements, visitor logs and cell inspections, key control is one of the most guarded and stringent policies and procedures in a detention centre. The Sheriff’s Department in Monroe County, Florida is now relying on the KeyWatcher system from Morse Watchmans.
“The system records the access history of each key, including user, date and time of checkout/return, and in general it has helped to strengthen our overall access procedures,” said Captain Penny Phelps of the Monroe County, FL, Sheriff’s Office.
Monroe County is the southernmost county in Florida and the United States. It is made up of the Florida Keys and portions of the Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, in addition to providing law enforcement service to the area, is responsible for three detention facilities which are located in Key West, Marathon and Plantation Key. The main facility is located in Key West and has a capacity of 597 beds. There is a 57 bed facility in Marathon and a 46 bed facility in Plantation Key.
The KeyWatcher Key Control System from Morse Watchmans, complete with the fingerprint access control option, was selected by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office for installation in all three detention facilities. The KeyWatcher controls access to the keys and tracks keys while they are in use, including times and user names. Staff is assigned various levels of access to the keys to help maintain effective key control and guard against carelessness or oversight.
The accompanying user-friendly PC application software, KeyPro(R), provides a visible and audible notification of key activity and is easily custom programmable, say the manufacturers. The software offers real-time polling transactions, status, alarm and reporting capabilities for the KeyWatcher system. Activity reports can be customized to trace key movements by time, date and user code or biometric access data.
Featuring illuminated key slots and using minimal wall space, Morse Watchmans KeyWatcher eliminates outdated lock boxes, unreliable manual logs and messy key identification tags.
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