Government AV Systems in Ann Arbor & Southeast Michigan

Government AV solutions tailored to your Ann Arbor facility

City halls, courtrooms, police departments, and fire stations all need to utilize various AV technologies in their own ways to ensure proper communication and coordination is established. At Thalner, we've spent the last 60 years building everything from council chamber and courtroom AV systems, video walls and command-center displays for local police and fire departments, and mass notification paging for municipal buildings, ensuring we do our part in strengthening our communities.

Whether a municipality needs one meeting room upgraded for superior video conferencing or your government building requires a full public-safety notification system, our work starts the same way: an in-house design consultant walks the space, asks what the staff actually needs to accomplish, and puts together a custom design that's tailored around your operations and budget.

One AV control system to manage all your technology

Well-designed AV systems play a critical role in providing transparency, efficiency, and public communication for government buildings. At Thalner, our goal is to integrate AV technology solutions that enhance performance while simplifying management, providing benefits that include:

• Clear, intelligible audio for public meetings and official proceedings
• Secure, compliant video systems for documentation and live streaming
• Centralized control platforms that simplify system operation
• Scalable infrastructure that supports future technology upgrades

Video walls are the fastest-growing piece of this work. We've built them for command centers, dispatch rooms, and lobby signage, and the best part for our clients is that we're a single point of contact for designing, installing, and maintaining your new video wall system. By aligning technology with public-sector workflows, Thalner helps government organizations and municipal buildings operate more efficiently and communicate more effectively.

Municipal AV solutions centered around your space and budget

Your AV performance goals, as well as your budget, are the two biggest factors into creating your custom AV design and setup. A single council chamber might only need a control panel, a couple of cameras, and a way to record the meeting. A police or fire department building a new command center is usually looking at a video wall, dispatch consoles, and a control system that ties into building automation and mass notification at the same time, which is a bigger design and installation job.

There isn't one right answer for every municipality. Some departments want a wired touch panel because it lives in the room and just works; others ask for control from a laptop or desktop because that's what their IT staff is used to supporting. We'll tell you honestly what AV solutions are best suited for your building and your team, rather than selling the bigger system because it's a bigger sale. We fill in the pieces that don't show up on an RFP: mounts, cabling, and the smaller hardware that turns a spec sheet into a working room that's built on superior connectivity.

Enhance your operations with Ann Arbor's trusted AV partner

We've been operating out of the same Ann Arbor building for over 60 years, which matters when a dispatch center or council chamber needs someone to arrive on-site and upgrade their AV fast. We're also an AVIXA Elite Member and have carried CTSD and CTSI certifications on staff, along with 25-plus years in the PSNI Global Alliance, which gives us access to a network of AV affiliates if a client's project ever crosses state lines.

A council chamber, a dispatch center, and a courtroom all need the same thing underneath the different equipment: a system that keeps working long after the ribbon-cutting, from a company that answers the phone when it doesn't. If your city, township, or department needs a system designed, installed, or taken over, reach out to Thalner today and let's start things off with a free AV system design.