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City of Hawthorne, California
Case study •
The City of Hawthorne, California brings comprehensive wireless service and updated video camera systems to their community.
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The Hawthorne team initially came to Continental Computers for guidance in finding an alternative to their current video management system (VMS). In our 7+ years working together, we have helped The City of Hawthorne find trustworthy vendors for camera hardware, deploy wireless servers throughout the city, and design a wireless network to support the city’s camera systems.
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Designed Solution For a Campus-Wide Camera System
Customized for their specific needs
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Designed Custom Wireless Network
With city-wide reach and connectivity using point-to-point
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7+ Year ongoing customer relationship
Serving as an ongoing resource for HPD to lean on knowledge, guidance, strategy and implementation
Customer
Hawthorne Police Department, located in the heart of Los Angeles County, works to provide a safe and secure community for its citizens. With nearly 100 officers and 60 support staff, the department serves an ever-growing community of over 95,000 citizens.
INDUSTRY
Public sector
SERVICE AREA
City of Hawthorne, California Los Angeles metropolitan area
SERVICES
Local Government Entity
The Challenge
Improve the connectivity and security of the department and community.
OBJECTIVES
Josh Armstrong, City of Hawthorne’s Information Technology Services Director, turned to Continental for technical support and expertise in implementing: servers, camera hardware, and other networking solutions.
Provide insight into an alternative video management system, due to consistent technical issues and unreliability with their previous VMS product.
Design a solution that offers a reliable wireless solution to connect their building to a local airport and other buildings throughout the city.
Solution
With our longstanding relationships with the City of Hawthorne, Continental Computers was able to expertly integrate custom solutions to all of the department’s issues.
Video Management System Update
We helped HPD identify the best performing VMS solution to fit the department’s needs, Milestone XProtect, and made the transition swift, cost-effective, and stress-free.
Wireless Network
Due to their wireless needs, we worked with HPD to introduce new technologies, such as millimeter wave point-to-point wireless broadband solutions from Siklu. This gave the department one-gigabit connectivity over the air (fiber-like connectivity), connecting critical assets in days, not weeks.
Implementation
Additionally, Continental Computers worked to provide HPD with technical insight into which servers the department needed to deploy, which camera options were best for various locations, and the implementation of a custom wireless network in a local airport.
The Results
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Improved Connectivity to 1GB
Giving them faster, more reliable wireless
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Easier, Faster Access to Critical Assets
Improved connectivity meant they could access critical assets in days instead of weeks.
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Improved Safety & Security of Citizens
Streamlined the installation of city-facility camera systems and servers
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