Public offices in Los Angeles aren’t concentrated – like the city, municipal office buildings and employees are scattered throughout the Los Angeles Basin. From its three city halls to the utility companies, employees had long used independent security systems – with each building being responsible for producing its own entry and access control cards.

Keeping tabs on multiple systems wasn’t effective in the long run for the LA city government – with each requiring different software, databases and setup, the independent systems quickly became a drain on both security and administrative budgets. In order to combat the problem, the LA city government is rolling out a universal access control card system based on HID’s iClass technology. This versatile card technology supports multiple uses while remaining one of the most user-friendly products on the market.
Along with making administration and management of the city’s multiple buildings easier, security has been streamlined. Now with the iClass cards, which all function from the same database, authorities can be notified quickly and efficiently should something in one of the city’s many buildings go awry.