Winner
Securiplan
Securiplan has invested no less than GB pound 2 million in the construction of a multi-platform monitoring system to support and improve its manned security business. The system has been built using a variety of customised software packages to collect and store information in a central data warehouse which can be accessed by authorised users via the company’s Extranet. All security officer duties are rostered on computer. The system is designed to call out to a site if a given officer does not provide a ‘check call’. If no call is logged, an inspector is despatched to investigate. This procedure recently saved the life of an officer who had become trapped on site.
Runners-Up
West Midlands Police
The West Midlands Police Business Security Mini CD-Rom was developed to help retailers combat crime in the region by taking an active interest in crime identification and its effective management. No less than 20,000 copies of the CD have been produced and distributed in what is the first initiative of its kind in the UK. Self-risk assessment documents and personal safety advice for staff can be downloaded from the CD, which also allows access to the ever-popular Crimestoppers web site.
Farsight
Over the last five years, Farsight has monitored in excess of 2.5 million video alarms and patrols. At present, the company monitors 80,000+ video alarms/patrols each month from its Peterborough Call Centre. Importantly, Farsight is pioneering the use of e-surveillance – a suite of software applications specially designed to deliver secure video monitoring over IP while at the same time allowing multiple access to the images.
Shell Real Estate Services
Shell has tightened security throughout its business by the innovative use of IT. Working closely alongside Newark Technologies, effective links have been built between the AutoAccess access control and Human Resources Department databases such that any non-Shell staff have to be assigned a ‘sponsor’ before they can gain access to a given building. Forms are e-mailed to the temporary worker’s agency and are then sent back to Shell’s FOCUS team for verification. Once verified, the request is copied and pasted onto the automated access systems thanks to an input format devised using MS Outlook.
