Monmouth Key System: Enhance Security With KeyWatcher

The Monmouth County Detention Center, a juvenile detention facility operating around the clock, has integrated advanced technology solutions to enhance its security measures while ensuring minimal disruption to the residents' lives. The center, which houses up to 40 juveniles, faces the ongoing challenge of maintaining the safety of both staff and detainees within a constantly varying population.

Given the nature of a secure facility with multiple restricted areas, controlling access to different rooms at specific times is of utmost importance. Traditional methods, such as manual security checks by guards, are not always foolproof. Additionally, these checks only provide limited assurance of safety. Therefore, a robust key management system was deemed essential.

Key Management System Implementation

To modernize their approach, the center opted for the KeyWatcher® wall-mounted key storage cabinet. This intelligent system replaces outdated lock boxes and unreliable manual logs, preventing the loss or theft of keys. Authorized users can retrieve specific keys by entering a unique authorization code, with each transaction recorded digitally for transparency, including the user, date, and time of key access.

To modernize their approach, the center opted for the KeyWatcher® wall-mounted key storage cabinet

Additionally, the center implemented the PowerCheck® Guard Tour system, a computerized solution for accurately recording staff activities. With a variety of pre-set incident codes, officers can log occurrences during their tours, ensuring a comprehensive record of security checks. This data is easily downloaded using Tour-Pro™ Software, which translates tour information into detailed, customizable reports.

Integration in Current Security System

The Monmouth County Detention Center has effectively integrated Morse Watchman’s KeyWatcher and Guard Tour systems into their existing security protocol. The KeyWatcher ensures that only authorized personnel can access necessary keys, while the PowerCheck system visibly documents security checks across the facility, including medical and administrative areas.

The deployment of these technologies has allowed the detention center to operate as a secure facility with minimal impact on juveniles. Security personnel can efficiently check out keys with alerts for any missing or overdue items, and the guard tour system empowers management to verify security checks and promptly log any incidents. Overall, these enhancements have contributed to a more secure environment for both staff and residents.

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Monmouth County Detention Center – A 24-hour juvenile detention center, providing secure care and custody for juveniles charged with crimes that require detainment or pending a court decision.

Technology Objective - Provide secure custody with minimal impact on the lives of those detained, while addressing the needs of the juveniles, including medical, educational, psychological, food, clothing, and shelter.

The Challenge - With 40 beds in multiple housing units and a population varying by day, the Monmouth County Detention Center is responsible for protecting both residents and staff. Having the guards walk around and check all doors and detainees, also known as security checks, are one way of ensuring safety, however these not always reliable. In addition, with a secure facility and numerous restricted areas, controlling who had access to which rooms and at what time is critical.

Key management system

KeyWatcher® – Wall-mounted Key Storage Cabinet eliminates outdated lock boxes, unreliable manual logs, and messy key identification tags. The KeyWatcher intelligent key management system helps prevent lost or stolen keys by only releasing assigned key to users with the proper authorization code and recording the access history of each key, including user, date, and time of checkout/return.

PowerCheck® Guard Tour – A hand held, computerized guard tour system that provides an accurate and visible means of recording staff activities. Officers have the ability to enter in a userprogrammable incident code using the built-in keypad and display. PowerCheck has 99 pre-set incident codes that can be downloaded to a computer.

Tour-Pro™ Software – A Windows® application that gives users the power to download tour information, program the data recorder, generate custom reports and manage files from a single program. The program converts stored data from officers’ guard tours into useful, detailed, printable reports. Reports may be customized by time, day, week and month.

Current security system

In Action - The Monmouth County Detention Center selected Morse Watchman’s KeyWatcher and Guard Tour to assist in their current security system. The KeyWatcher controls access to needed keys, while the Guard Tour provides a visible means of recording data in reference to resident security checks, as well as other secure doors, including medical and administrative rooms and exits.

The Results - With the use of both the KeyWatcher and PowerCheck Guard Tour systems, Monmouth County Detention Center has been able to provide a secure custody facility with minimal impact on detainees. Security guards are able to access specific keys at given times and officials are alerted to missing or overdue keys. The guard tour system allows management to ensure that security checks are completed and for officers to immediately record incidents while on tour.

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