The recorders are lighter. The checkpoint stations are smaller, and the officers are able to record temperatures of coolers, freezers, and other equipment right into the recorder. In fact, Weihe's Morse Watchman system has increased the efficiency of the company's maintenance staff. The maintenance incident report Weihe downloads from the system is essentially a work order, providing details of problems throughout secure area. As Weihe says, when a single floor is 100,000 square feet, the report of a light bulb out is much more helpful if it also notes where the light bulb is located.
Officers log into the durable checkpoint stations and record incidents during rounds.
The system's ability to record a myriad of incidents helps in other unanticipated ways, such as when contract cleaners don't put wet floor signs down after mopping up. Weihe expects his officers to record such data, as well as put down a floor sign. If someone complains they have fallen because of a wet floor, Weihe has hard data to prove who is actually at fault. The biggest result of the Morse Watchman system, though, is to help Weihe make sure his contract security officers are on the job, where they should be, when they should be. Not to badmouth my guys, but in the security industry, a guy who goes from company to company may carry the trait of being lethargic.