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Attachment B Given the ease of ingress and egress, the police department is extremely vulnerable to a serious security breach. The level of security is well below what would be considered industry standards for a police and jail facility. Even in an emergency situation, it would be very nearly impossible to secure the rear area of the police facility as it is presently configured. ANALYSIS: A proposal for the security system was obtained from Siemens Building Technologies. Siemens was selected to write the proposal because they designed and installed the jail camera system and the police facility card controlled access system. Siemens was instructed to develop a proposal that would integrate the rear security gates with the jail camera system, the WC camera monitoring position, and the card controlled access system. The proposal covered the following areas: establishing perimeter fencing, controlled access pedestrian and vehicle gates, and camera monitoring of critical points. An area of particular concern was the ability to monitor inmates to insure that they exited the police facility after release from the jail. The project proposal included the following components. 1. A proximity card reader enabled pedestrian gate on the north side of the north driveway of the police facility off of Vanguard. 2. An proximity card reader enabled vehicle gate for the north driveway. 3. A pan tilt and zoom camera covering the above gates along with an intercom so that jail staff can monitor departing inmates and incoming vehicles such as fuel and trash trucks. 4. An proximity card reader enabled vehicle gate for the south driveway off Vanguard. 5. A proximity card reader enabled pedestrian gate between the Communications front office and the rear lot. 6. Wrought iron fencing linking the pedestrian gate at Communications building to the southeast corner of the brick wall that surrounds the original police parking area. 7. A proximity card reader enabled pedestrian gate on the walkway from the police department to city hall (this would be part of the above fence line and. positioned so that access to the heliport would be secured). 8. A proximity card reader enabled pedestrian gate on the north wall of the detective parking area. All of the above pedestrian and vehicle gates would allow access using the same card system currently in use in the police facility. The vehicle gates could also be activated by transponders that could be permanently affixed in city vehicles and issued to employees. This system allows for controlled access and tracking of access through all of the gates or doors using the card readers. At critical points, the system will provide camera supervision of the gate and sound an alarm if an unauthorized intruder gains entry. In these cases, the digital video recorder will capture the intrusion. The camera system, along with the cameras from phase two of the jail security system would give the custody officers and the watch commander coverage of most of the area currently encompassed by the brick wall. The system would allow for additional cameras to be added as needed.