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Neighborhood Watch Pioneer

There is a growing feeling in our cities and towns that we have to take care of our own.  It's not due to any failure on the part of law enforcement or increase in crime rates.  It's about a growing sense of community and feeling like we need to work toward the well-being  of those who are close to us, both emotionally, and in physical proximity.  It's a realization that what impacts our neighbor impacts us, in terms of our feelings of stability and security, and even more concrete things, like property values.  As a result of this shift in perspective, more neighborhoods are choosing to institute private neighborhood watch operations, and outside the cities, more individuals are finding gated communities to be an attractive place to live.

Security USATM and their team of security professionals has been at the forefront of the neighborhood watch movement, providing security officers on foot patrol or vehicular patrol, security technology, including CCTV cameras and the monitoring services that are needed to maximize their effectiveness.  Security USATM has long been an active participant in community safety programs, providing safety seminars and donating bullet proof vests to taxi and livery drivers in New York City.  Their dedication to improving neighborhoods and communities through programs like these have made them the leading choice among New York security companies when a community decides to institute a neighborhood watch program.

The management at Security USATM consists of seasoned law enforcement and military veterans who really understand security needs and the best way to provide security services without unduly restricting the freedom and activities of the residents.  They can do a thorough risk assessment of a neighborhood or gated community and determine which services and technology would best serve the interests of the residents and be cost effective at the same time.

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The security guards that work for Security USATM tend to stay on the job for longer periods, with a turnover rate that is among the lowest in the industry. That's great news for the neighborhoods and communities whose security services are provided by Security USATM, because it means that the security guards assigned to each neighborhood or gated community become a part of the fabric of the place - a friendly face, known and trusted by the residents, rather than an intrusive stranger with no feel for the character of the place.

With their decades of experience in security, law enforcement and related fields, the people at Security USATM know that a community doesn't want to take on a load of new responsibilities when they decide to institute a neighborhood watch, so they make it easy, providing the personnel, uniforms, vehicles and technology that is needed in a one-stop-shopping experience.

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Security USATM is a security guard company with offices in midtown Manhattan and Long Island, providing quality security services to educational, commercial, residential and personal clients throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties, New Jersey, Connecticut and the entire northeast.  They can be reached at 1-866GUARD80.  www.securityusainc.com

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