Seal Security

• Help protect our neighborhood! The East Montrose Civic Association (“EMCA”) is kicking off our 2024-2025 campaign to rehire S.E.A.L. Security through the end of May 2025. The total cost of the campaign is ~$4,500 per month.  We need a minimum of 120 neighbors to participate.

Why do we need private security? Because HPD can’t patrol enough or respond fast enough.

Please sign up by selecting a payment option below. Once you have subscribed, please email your contact information (name, address, phone number) to safety.emca@gmail.com.

We are migrating to Bigsby, an app to manage our subscriber database. You should have received an email asking you to update your information in Bigsby (if you did not see the article about email updates). If you paid anytime between 1/2023 and 6/2023, your next payment was due on 6/1/2024 for the same (yearly, quarterly or monthly) plan as you previously enrolled. Payments are handled by Stripe credit, debit and ACH gateway.

The patrol cost has decreased a bit as we have reduced patrol hours. We are now offering the following plans and offering EMCA members a discount as EMCA manages the contract and carries the insurance needed for this program:

Yearly $450 for EMCA members

Quarterly $112.50 for EMCA members

Monthly $37.50 for EMCA members

** Non-members are required to pay an additional $25 yearly fee to cover administrative costs paid for by EMCA.

To sign up or change payment plans, click on this link https://www.eastmontrose.org/security

If you would like to be a member of EMCA you can join here https://www.eastmontrose.org/about-us/membership/

Don’t like electronic payment? You can drop a check payable to EMCA in the locked mailbox at 503 Welch Street.

Subscribers receive the following benefits:

• • Dedicated security phone number for East Montrose
  • Yard Sign indicating support for the program
  • Vacation Watch
  • Welfare Checks
  • Safety escorts when on duty

We believe retaining SEAL provides our neighborhood with protection during critical time periods (as determined by the Safety Committee using Crime Reports). We currently schedule SEAL for ~24 hours weekly with increased coverage during holidays and events.  We plan to add more hours as we gain additional subscriptions.

The Security Committee and the EMCA Board (all volunteers) need your help to:

• Distribute flyers
• Canvass the neighborhood for new subscribers
• Contact previous subscribers via phone, text and emails

We have an additional option which is to donate any amount in multiples of $50 for our pilot program which consists of installing a Flock Safety camera(s) in our neighborhood to help police fight crime and to keep our neighborhood safe. Cameras work 24/7, they have license plate recognition and will alert police if a wanted vehicle is in our area. The artificial intelligence creates a fingerprint for each vehicle to help identify characteristics on each vehicle and helps law enforcement in any investigation related to our neighborhood. More information can be found here https://www.flocksafety.com/

Please talk to your neighbors about subscribing. Encourage them to email us at safety.emca@gmail.com or raise questions at civic meetings. Also join the Security Committee or any committee which suits your desired preference. This is an uphill battle and the more people we have lending a hand, the sooner we will reach our goal.