1.1 This guide covers the identification of the issues and decisions that need to be addressed to meet the objective of specifying a security control system for a detention facility.

1.2 The scope of this guide is to focus specifically on those issues and decisions relating to the interface between the operator(s) and the system(s). For related information on defining the operator-system interface, see Guide F1576.

1.3 Appendix X1 contains additional sources of information that may be useful to the user of this guide.