The Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD) employs over 1,300 hundred officers and civilians in its facilities-including the headquarters; four satellite briefing stations throughout the city; a training center; a 911 facility and a crime lab. Employees need access to the facilities-and various points within the facilities-at various times of the day. When the access control system the OCPD was using began to falter, something needed to be done.
In addition to these problems, the security manufacturer of the existing system was going out of business. This prevented the OCPD from purchasing additional hardware as replacements or upgrades, and eliminated support from manufacturer representatives. It became painfully obvious that the OCPD would have to undergo a security overhaul.