amongst the concerns raised by a few residents was that they were of the opinion that the guards didn't do their patrolling duties properly.

I, for one, am not certain of the intervals that the guards undertake their patrolling rounds, but I AM certain that they do have their rounds. This is because, a few of the committee members have taken it upon themselves to do regular spot checks on the guards during the wee hours so as to ensure that they are doing their duties and we have found it on many occasions that they did do their patrol rounds on their bicycles focusing on the back lanes etc. If there is a reason that they are not so visible when they do their rounds, it would be because, they do not carry a beacon light on their bicycles.

anyway, to address the issue of monitoring the guards patrolling efforts, we have now gotten the security guards to use a Guard Patrol Monitoring System Clock (see attached file for details) to ensure that proper monitoring can be done (this comes with an additional cost off course).

please do take cognisance that we are doing our level best to ensure that our safety is not compromised.