VIDEO: Commercial Video Surveillance 2020
As a business owner, I’m concerned about my people, properties and possessions. A commercial video surveillance system might be the right answer.
Project Update: Commercial Turnstile Installation
Kenton Brothers is in the business of protecting people, property and possessions. We’re honored to install many types of commercial security equipment for specific custom applications. When we received a request for a new, large turnstile custom application from a long-time customer, we were excited to tackle the project.
Turnstiles in general can be tricky for several reasons. Some of these include the area of install, requirements of our customer, integration with commercial access control, and the requested timeline. Working with our customers to figure out their specific needs is crucial to an install like this. And the planning always has to have the end goal as the focus.
Some of the specific challenges during this installation included the area the install was to take place. The work had to be done during a plant shutdown or on an approved weekend. The integration of the turnstile with their commercial security system was also important. And the exact placement of the turnstile mattered.
As the installation progressed, our technicians had to use forklifts to move components of the turnstile down a narrow hallway. There was almost no room for error. Once dropped into place, the turnstile had to be anchored correctly, and then the integration of the turnstile began.
The result is that Kenton Brothers was able to provide a custom application to fit their exact needs… on time, and on budget!
In today’s environment, stop bacteria and microbes at the door.
By Gina Stuelke, CEO of Kenton Brothers.
To protect against the spread of bacteria and other dangerous microbes, it’s important to consider the role of high touch door hardware in a publicly-used building. Visitors and occupants continuously handle door levers and exit devices. Bacteria and other microbes can live on these hardware surfaces for hours, transferring from one person to another. Did you know that door hardware can be protected against the growth of many microbes?
How can Kenton Brothers help?
Kenton Brothers offers locks and hardware with antimicrobial technology that has an added layer of protection against the growth of bacteria to protect the hardware. An antimicrobial is a substance that acts to inhibit the growth of microorganisms and suppresses microorganism reproduction. This provides an added level of protection against damaging microbes such as bacteria that can cause stains, odors and product deterioration.
Why do we need antimicrobial hardware? Because it’s 99.9% cleaner than unprotected surfaces.
Bacteria can double every 20 minutes on unprotected surfaces. Antimicrobial protection works to continuously fight off microbes and protect the hardware.
The antimicrobial coating is incorporated into the finish during the manufacturing process and will not wash off or wear away. The coating lasts for the lifetime of the hardware finish.
How does it work?
When microbes come in contact with the product surface, the antimicrobial protection penetrates the cell wall of the microorganism and disrupts the cell, making the microorganism unable to grow and reproduce.
Antimicrobial protection is effective against most common bacteria that cause stains, odors and product degradation. While this technology is 99.9% cleaner than unprotected surfaces, it is not designed to protect users from disease causing microorganisms.
Consumer safety is a fundamental concern for us. Antimicrobial hardware products are approved by the US EPA and have a history of safe use in door hardware.
To learn more about antimicrobial hardware, please give us a call!
Share your commercial video surveillance system feed with your local police department.
By Neal Bellamy, IT Director at Kenton Brothers.
Video cameras are everywhere in the world today. These cameras can help a city gain more situational awareness and help police fight crimes better than ever before.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the police could access any camera… at any time?
Unfortunately, video management systems can be complicated. Most video management systems are not compatible with each other. However, there is hope.
It starts with a standard.
In order for video management systems to communicate, they must first speak the same language. In the security camera space, there is already a common standard called ONVIF (www.onvif.org ). The standard is pretty widespread. If the standard is followed, it allows for video to be streamed between a client (usually a camera) and a server (usually a video management system). The ONVIF standard does not guarantee that all of the camera’s features can be accessed, but it’s a good starting point for basic video streaming. And it works with a bridge.
What if instead of a camera being ONVIF compliant, we made a commercial video management system act like an ONVIF compliant camera or multiple cameras? The video management system is already receiving video streams… Could it send the camera stream it’s receiving somewhere else as well?
That’s exactly what Milestone is doing.
Milestone Systems
Milestone systems (www.milestonesys.com) has released a server component called “ONVIF Bridge”. This allows your Milestone server system to rebroadcast the video that is being sent to another server. As long as the receiving server is ONVIF compliant (most are) it will be able to see, and optionally record, the video.
So how does this solve our problem?
If a company wants to loan some, or all of their cameras out to a police department, they can under the following conditions:
1) The company is using a Milestone system that’s compatible with ONVIF Bridge
2) The Police department can connect to ONVIF Cameras
With those two things in place, the police department could use your cameras to help with situational awareness and help solve crimes.
In our lab at Kenton Brothers, we were able to successfully connect the Milestone ONVIF Bridge to Avigilon and Genetec systems.
If you would like to know more about how to connect your cameras to your local police department, give us a call!
A Call for Backup – Providing Support for the KCPD
By Gina Stuelke, CEO of Kenton Brothers.
Congratulations to the Kansas City Police Department on their successful benefit on Friday, February 28th! Our City’s law enforcement officers hear and see things daily that most of us are fortunate we never have to imagine. The benefit made a difference for the city’s officers by raising support funds for psychologists to help these officers deal with the gruesome and life threatening issues they deal with every day.
Kudos and thanks to Ed Elder (colliers.com) and Mark Thompson (countryclubbank.com) for acting as committee chairs for this year’s successful event with Chief Rick Smith!
I was lucky to try out Officer Sevier’s motorcycle and learn from SWAT specialists that joined our table for dinner.
Shout out to Dave and Holly Brucker and Todd and Melissa Howerton from StolenKC, who were also at our table. They do great work in helping Kansas Citians reclaim stolen vehicles and property (stolenkc.com). And you might like this recent article from KCTV5, “The backstory behind the Facebook page finding stolen KC items.”
Kenton Brothers Systems for Security is a nationally certified Woman Owned Small Business Enterprise (WBENC). Being a member of this highly respected association enables both government and private organizations to fulfill requirements pertaining to minority contracts.
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