Security ace is helping Peterborough police test detainees for coronavirus

Chris Christophi, who runs Ace4cctv, based in Hargate Way, has donated a sophisticated heat imaging scanner to the police and it is now in use in the custody suite at Peterborough’s Thorpe Wood Police Station.

The contactless temperature measurement system is being used to scan detainees and others brought into custody for signs of Covid-19.

It uses thermal imaging to detect a high temperature, which is one of the main symptoms of Coronavirus.

Before its arrival people brought into the custody suite were having their temperature taken manually.

Mr Christophi, who has been inundated with inquiries about security and scanning equipment from businesses and owners of commercial premises and has been a Safe Local Trades member for more than 12 years, said; “Up until the installation of this highly effective scanner, police have been taking detainees’ temperatures manually, which meant they had to get up close.

“However, with this completely contactless method they can ensure that the correct procedures are more stringently adhered.

“Should anyone show signs of a high temperature, they can be placed in a designated part of the cell block until medical advice is received.”

Custody Sergeant Graham Clifton said: “We know that Covid-19 doesn’t discriminate – and we are grateful to Chris for his very generous donation as part of the collective efforts to keep police staff and those in custody as safe as possible.”

As well as Covid or other viruses, high temperatures detected by the scanner could be as a use of cocaine misuse, which can cause users to sweat as the drug increases the body’s metabolism and raises its temperature.

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