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Security screens and doors for police stations
Security screens, rated doors, transfer units and counter audio for police front counters, custody areas and interview rooms, each made to fit your building and specified to a standard you can point at in a tender.
- Typically
- Screens · Doors
- What we fit
- 6 services
- Survey
- Free, before any quote
The risks
Your counter, your custody suite, your stores
This is the walk we do on the survey, and what we look at when we get there.
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Your front counter
Your public-facing officers and staff deal with people in crisis, often alone at the counter and sometimes late at night.
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Custody and interview
The doors, hatches and screens in these areas have to take deliberate attack and constant use, day in and day out.
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Property and evidence
Your stores need access limited to named people with a record of every entry, so continuity of evidence holds up.
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You cannot close
Nothing comes out of service for long, so the work has to be planned around live operations and your shift pattern.
Security solutions
Security solutions we offer
From your front counter to your stores. We walk the site first, then put the specification in writing.
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Electronic Access control and door entry Card and fob access on your staff doors, stores and custody areas, with role-based levels and audit trails. Readers · Intercoms Learn more
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Electronic CCTV Cameras on your front counter, entrances, yards and car parks, with retention set to your force policy. IP · ANPR · Thermal Learn more
Standards and guidance
The rules that apply
- Guidance
LPS 1175
The Loss Prevention Certification Board's standard for the intruder resistance of doors, screens and other building products. Our doors and gates are made to LPS 1175 SR1 and A1 ratings.
Read the guidance - Standard
EN356 and EN1063 glass
EN356 grades how well glass resists manual attack, such as hammers and axes. EN1063 grades bullet resistance. Most public counters are specified to EN356; EN1063 is for sites where a risk assessment identifies a firearms threat.
- Standard
College of Policing detention and custody guidance
Authorised Professional Practice on detention and custody covers the design and safety of custody environments. Bring your force standards to the survey and the specification will follow them.
FAQs
What estates teams ask when they specify
Something not covered here? Ring us and ask.
01732 926 352What rating should a front counter be?
Most front counters are specified to EN356 for manual attack. EN1063 bullet resistance is used where a risk assessment identifies a firearms threat. We talk through the risk at the survey. The highest rating isn't the default.
Can you work around a live station?
Yes. Work in operational buildings is phased and normally carried out of hours, with the programme agreed before we start.
Are screens and doors made to measure?
Yes. Screens, counters, doors and hatches are fabricated to size in our Edenbridge workshop, so they fit the opening you have.
Can property pass through without opening a door?
Yes. Transfer trays, vertical and horizontal hatches and bulk transfer units all move items between secure and public sides.
Why MerFen
One firm makes it, fits it and keeps it working
Most installers fit what a manufacturer sells them. We make the physical side ourselves, so the specification starts with the site.
Request a free quote- In-house
Made in our own workshop
Screens, counters, doors, gates and hatches are fabricated in Edenbridge, to the sizes the building actually has.
- One team
Nobody passes the job on
The same people survey the site, draw the specification, make the steel, fit it and come back to service it.
- Approved
Accredited and partnered
SafeContractor accredited, with Hikvision VASP, Axis, Hanwha Vision and Paxton partner status behind the electronic side.
- After handover
Covered once it is in
Twelve months on our installation, three years on Hikvision hardware, and annual service contracts for the systems we install.
Get in touch
Tell us about your station
- 01Send a few details about the site. It takes about a minute.
- 02We call you to talk it through and book a free site survey if one's needed.
- 03You get a written specification and quote.
Useful to mention
- Any rating your insurer or a standard asks for
- Drawings or a specification, if you have them
- Photos of the area or the opening
- When you need it done