Sentry-secure In The Field - A Summary Of The Beta Test

Law enforcement stakeholders use Sentry-SECURE to elevate situational awareness, which is critical to the protection strategies that safeguard radioactive materials. The Office of Radiological Security (ORS) uses these strategies to partner with stakeholders - government, first responders, and the licensees - to protect radiological assets around the world. The development of a cloud-enabled alarm monitoring architecture facilitates high-priority alarm and video signals reporting directly to an identified stakeholder via the technology’s two data consumption mechanisms, platform integration and mobile applications. This work presents the Sentry-SECURE beta test completed in March 2021 with a prominent law enforcement agency in Maryland, United States, and a network of disparate radiological licensees. Lessons learned, successes, and persistent challenges are summarized. Conclusions drawn from the beta test were used to inform and prepare additional law enforcement stakeholders for follow-on deployments completed in 2021.