Brisbane City Police Station: Integrated Security for a Complex Operational Environment
Originally covered by SEN news, the Brisbane City Police Station project demonstrates how integrated security can support the complex requirements of a major operational police facility.
Delivered by security integrator Bravis Security, the solution brings together Inner Range Integriti for access control, intrusion detection, duress and Milestone XProtect for video management. The integrated environment supports the security of the station itself while also contributing to the wider operational capabilities of Queensland Police Service.
Set within a refurbished, multi-tenancy building, the project required a flexible approach capable of meeting the high-security requirements of QPS while accommodating other building users and systems. Integriti provides the foundation for managing access throughout the facility, with integrations extending its capabilities into video, intercoms, lift control and licence plate recognition.
A complex security environment
The Brisbane City Police Station redevelopment involved a complete internal refurbishment of an existing building, creating challenges around available space, infrastructure and the requirements of multiple tenants.
QPS occupies 10 floors of the 17-storey building and has the highest security requirements on site. The security solution therefore needed to protect police areas while accommodating other building tenants with different access requirements.
Bravis Security built the system around the QPS security environment, with additional Integriti panels used to partition other tenancies as the project evolved.
This approach allowed access requirements across the building to be managed while maintaining the separation required between different users and organisations.
Integriti at the heart of building security
Inner Range Integriti provides the foundation for access control, intrusion detection and duress across Brisbane City Police Station.
The system includes 56 Integriti hardware modules supporting 79 doors and five lifts across the 17-storey building, with a cardholder database of approximately 1,200 users.
Integriti also integrates with other security systems within the facility, including Jacques audio and audio-visual intercom devices and the Milestone XProtect video management system.
For operators, this brings access control and associated security events into a coordinated environment rather than treating each technology as an isolated system.
Connecting access control and video
A key part of the solution is the high-level integration between Integriti and Milestone XProtect.
Depending on the task, operators can work through Integriti Gatekeeper for access control-focused functions or Milestone for video-focused operations.
This gives QPS flexibility in how security events are managed while allowing information to pass between the two systems.
The wider video environment also supports QPS's operations centre, where authorised live feeds from police and public safety systems can be brought together to provide situational awareness during incidents and major events.
Importantly, these external systems remain on independent secure networks, with selected video feeds made available through dedicated secure pathways rather than combining the organisations into a single network.
Turning licence plates into access credentials
One of the clearest examples of the Integriti and Milestone integration can be found at the police station carpark.
Licence plate recognition is used to automate access for authorised vehicles. Milestone processes the plate information before passing the recognised credential to Integriti Gatekeeper.
Within Integriti, the vehicle registration effectively operates as an access credential. When an authorised plate is recognised, Gatekeeper can operate the boom gate and register the access event against the relevant credential holder.
This combines video analytics and access control into a single automated workflow, simplifying vehicle entry while retaining the control and event history of the access control system.
Built to support evolving requirements
The Brisbane City Police Station project demonstrates how an integrated security platform can support the requirements of a complex, high-security facility.
Integriti brings together access control, intrusion detection, duress and lift control across the building, while its integration with Milestone extends the solution into video and licence plate recognition.
The architecture also provides flexibility as requirements change, allowing additional areas and capabilities to be incorporated into the security environment.
For Brisbane City Police Station, the result is a solution designed not only around the security of the building, but around the operational needs of the people using it.
Project at a glance
Location: Brisbane, Queensland Customer: Queensland Police Service Integrator: Bravis Security Inner Range solution: Integriti Video management: Milestone XProtect Access controlled: 79 doors Lift control: Five lifts across 17 floors Integriti hardware: 56 modules Cardholders: Approximately 1,200 Additional functionality: Intrusion detection, duress, intercom integration and licence plate recognition
