Project: Law Enforcement, Detention, and Courts Consulting

Scope of Work: Professional Systems Engineering, LLC wrote the Design Development Report to establish guidelines and a basis for the design of the integrated security systems; court technologies; communications infrastructure including video conferencing; and acoustic, noise and vibration control systems. The Report contains an overview of various technologies, a review of the requirements set during the design development meetings, and the base guidelines that will propel the project to success.

The Niagara Falls Municipal Complex will be occupied by various departments including: courts and judicial, police, administration, and detention, each having overlapping security needs. The basement holding cells area for detention will have distinct security level requirements apart from the rest of the complex due to its large size and the number of detainees.

The scope of this project covers the following areas within the new Niagara Falls Municipal Complex:

Security/Enforcement

• Monitoring and controlled access systems
• Card access protection
• Elevator and secure corridor protection
• Closed circuit television CCTV) surveillance
• Metal detection
• Interior building security for door monitoring and control, power backup, interior communications, and duress monitoring stations
• Security intercom system
• Security monitoring of critical support systems
• Physical security control and monitoring of exterior access to secure parking and sallyport
• Detention security

Courts and Police Technologies

• Police technologies integration
• Electronic verbatim technology
• Lighting controls
• Heating ventilation air conditioning (HVAC) control interface
• Audio, visual, video conferencing systems, analysis and review
• Audio systems
• Video display systems
• Evidence and exhibit presentation system
• Integrated A/V system control
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance acoustics, noise and vibration control
• Noise design review
• Acoustical review