Case Study: City of Sanford achieves unified, flexible security for its new Public Safety Complex with Genetec Security Center

Sanford expands city-wide installation of Genetec solution to manage and protect newly-built Public Safety Complex

The City of Sanford, Florida, needed a robust, highly secure system for its new 75,000 sq. ft. Public Safety Complex that houses both fire and police departments. Sanford required a solution that could federate multiple facilities, handle a large increase in camera and access-control load, enforce strict, fine‑grained permissions for sensitive areas and evidence handling, and integrate third‑party security hardware — challenges addressed in partnership with Genetec using its Security Center platform (including Omnicast™ and Synergis™).

Genetec deployed Security Center on two IBM blade servers with an 18 TB SAN, expanding the city’s federation to support 83 cameras and 78 access-controlled points — a 300% increase in camera load — with 30‑day video retention. The Genetec solution delivered sandboxed access for interview/evidence rooms, automated alarm-to-camera workflows with third‑party devices, simplified PoE camera installation, remote IT maintenance, and easy scalability, improving operational efficiency and meeting accreditation and emergency‑operations requirements.

City of Sanford

Nicholas McRay

Senior Project Manager