After-hours security device secures doors; assists disabled clients

Mar 1, 1998 12:00 PM, AC&SSI Staff

When the Independent Living Center in Hudson, N.Y., moved into its new facility, program coordinator Lee Stone noticed a potential security problem: The back door did not seem to offer enough resistance to burglars. Stone needed an additional security device, but he also needed to ensure that his disabled clients would not be trapped inside the building in an emergency. He selected Ultra-Dog, an after-hours security device manufactured by Access Denied, Columbia City, Ind. The device secures doors by adding up to 5,000 pounds of physical resistance to each side, pushing the door against the jamb. According to Access Denied, Stone, who is blind, was able to engage and disengage UltraDog in seconds, demonstrating its ease of use.

Senstar-Stellar, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been awarded a $1 million contract by the Arizona Department of Corrections. Two of the company's products, Perimitrax, a buried-cable intrusion detection sensor, and Senstar 100, an alarm monitoring and control system, will be installed at eight perimeter sites. The systems are designed to detect inmates trying to escape via the prison perimeter and to alert prison authorities of their location.

Diebold, a manufacturer of automated teller machines, will minimize ATM risk with the Cencon System 2000, from Mas-Hamilton Group, Lexington, Ky. The ATM access control system provides an audit trail to monitor who has accessed an ATM and when. Recently, the lock used in the system became a permanent part of the Smithsonian's collection in recognition of Mas-Hamilton's use of information technology, according to Mas-Hamilton.

The LS-21 fingerprint verification workstation from Itasca, Ill.-based NEC Technologies, which integrates NEC's proprietary automated fingerprint identification system with live-scan technology from Identix Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif, will be used by the Cook County, Ill., sheriff's department's law enforcement network. The system will also use Identix's DocuColor mugshot booking system. The contract calls for more than 120 LS-21 systems to be installed at police agencies in and around Chicago.

Imaging Automation, Merrimack, N.H., has delivered more than 200 PhotoEase photo capture units and GrabIt signature capture units to De La Rue Identity Systems for the New York State Driver's License Project. New York has awarded De La Rue the contract for the production of licenses for 13 million drivers.

Tri-Coastal Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Security Systems Inc., Irving, Texas, has received orders worth more than $1.3 million - $750,000 of which is for detention facility projects. The largest of the four detention facility contracts, for approximately $450,000, includes the installation of door control, CCTV and intercom and lighting control systems to expand a 235-door detention facility, and integration of new and existing equipment.

Gemplus Corp., Montgomeryville, Pa., will supply 60,000 microprocessor smart cards to the University of Toronto's closed system being developed by Cybermark. The cards will be used for patron identification in the library network, cashless payment of library fees and food services, and card-based control and payment for photocopiers, computers and laser printers.

U.S. Currency Protection Corp., Scottsdale, Ariz., will distribute the LA 2000 Light Alarm system from Protection Systems Inc., Newport Beach, Calif., throughout the United States. Suited to ATM applications, the system signals when lighting drops below acceptable levels, giving ATM providers a hedge against litigation, a method of complying with legislation and virtually eliminating light-monitoring costs, says U.S. Currency Protection Corp.

After-hours security device secures doors; assists disabled clients

When the Independent Living Center in Hudson, N.Y., moved into its new facility, program coordinator Lee Stone noticed a potential security problem: The back door did not seem to offer enough resistance to burglars. Stone needed an additional security device, but he also needed to ensure that his disabled clients would not be trapped inside the building in an emergency. He selected Ultra-Dog, an after-hours security device manufactured by Access Denied, Columbia City, Ind. The device secures doors by adding up to 5,000 pounds of physical resistance to each side, pushing the door against the jamb. According to Access Denied, Stone, who is blind, was able to engage and disengage UltraDog in seconds, demonstrating its ease of use.

Senstar-Stellar, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been awarded a $1 million contract by the Arizona Department of Corrections. Two of the company's products, Perimitrax, a buried-cable intrusion detection sensor, and Senstar 100, an alarm monitoring and control system, will be installed at eight perimeter sites. The systems are designed to detect inmates trying to escape via the prison perimeter and to alert prison authorities of their location.

Diebold, a manufacturer of automated teller machines, will minimize ATM risk with the Cencon System 2000, from Mas-Hamilton Group, Lexington, Ky. The ATM access control system provides an audit trail to monitor who has accessed an ATM and when. Recently, the lock used in the system became a permanent part of the Smithsonian's collection in recognition of Mas-Hamilton's use of information technology, according to Mas-Hamilton.

The LS-21 fingerprint verification workstation from Itasca, Ill.-based NEC Technologies, which integrates NEC's proprietary automated fingerprint identification system with live-scan technology from Identix Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif, will be used by the Cook County, Ill., sheriff's department's law enforcement network. The system will also use Identix's DocuColor mugshot booking system. The contract calls for more than 120 LS-21 systems to be installed at police agencies in and around Chicago.

Imaging Automation, Merrimack, N.H., has delivered more than 200 PhotoEase photo capture units and GrabIt signature capture units to De La Rue Identity Systems for the New York State Driver's License Project. New York has awarded De La Rue the contract for the production of licenses for 13 million drivers.

Tri-Coastal Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrated Security Systems Inc., Irving, Texas, has received orders worth more than $1.3 million - $750,000 of which is for detention facility projects. The largest of the four detention facility contracts, for approximately $450,000, includes the installation of door control, CCTV and intercom and lighting control systems to expand a 235-door detention facility, and integration of new and existing equipment.

Gemplus Corp., Montgomeryville, Pa., will supply 60,000 microprocessor smart cards to the University of Toronto's closed system being developed by Cybermark. The cards will be used for patron identification in the library network, cashless payment of library fees and food services, and card-based control and payment for photocopiers, computers and laser printers.

U.S. Currency Protection Corp., Scottsdale, Ariz., will distribute the LA 2000 Light Alarm system from Protection Systems Inc., Newport Beach, Calif., throughout the United States. Suited to ATM applications, the system signals when lighting drops below acceptable levels, giving ATM providers a hedge against litigation, a method of complying with legislation and virtually eliminating light-monitoring costs, says U.S. Currency Protection Corp.

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