XA Community Safety PatrolA resident-led initiative · Calgary
Your neighbourhood is hiring its own night patrol. A marked vehicle, guards who know these streets, funded by the households of Upper Mount Royal together. Founding homes pay $98 a month, locked through 2027: about what an alarm company charges to phone you back.
The patrol launches when the neighbourhood does.
The patrol launches when the neighbourhood does. Nothing is charged until it's on the road.
How this started
"I live in a neighbourhood that seemingly has a lot of break-ins. Weekly, almost. The police had the chopper. Dozens of cars. Dogs. People on foot. Trying to find them."
Shawn, Mount Royal resident, reporting on a Friday morning break-in.
Helicopters and dogs arrived after the break-in. Shawn asked a better question: what if someone was already here? He thought his neighbours would pay for a real answer if it was reasonable. This page is that answer. It launches only if the neighbourhood agrees with him.
Every night. Even when it feels quiet.
Patrol 6: electric, marked, and quiet. A uniformed guard, our streets.
The attack surface isn't the front door.
Rear laneways, side gates, and back fences. Patrolled.
How this works, in plain English
Sign up. Pay nothing.
Homes in Upper Mount Royal add their name. No card, no charge, no commitment beyond your word.
At 125 homes, the patrol starts.
A marked car on our streets every night, 7 pm to 7 am, targeting an October 1st start. Billing only begins at launch: $98 a month.
More homes, more hours.
Every home that joins after launch buys the whole street more patrol time, growing toward 24/7.
Want white-glove? Concierge.
$199 a month: your guard knows your home and your alarm calls us first. 50 homes per route; the first 25 lock founding pricing.
62 crimes in Upper Mount Royal last year.
Twelve of those were somebody's home broken into. Another 18 were somebody's car broken into. That's a property crime on our streets every 6 days. Not a spike. Not a trend. Just Tuesday.
Source: Calgary Police Service Community Crime Data 2020-Q2 2026. Verified, not estimated.
62
crimes last year
In Upper Mount Royal alone.
12
homes broken into
One home every month.
18
vehicles broken into
Driveways, in sight of the house.
1 in 6
days
A property crime every six days.
When it happens
6-year monthly average · Summer is the risk window
July to October is the highest-risk window of the year.
What it looks like
Offence type · 6-year verified average
Smashed window in your driveway
Side doors, storage
Somebody's home broken into
Vehicle stolen overnight
Business strip
Remnant
87% is property crime: exactly what a visible patrol deters.
It's getting worse
2026 vs 2025 · Jan-Jun count (Jul-Dec not yet reported)
+46%
year over year. Not a trend. A trajectory.
Source: Calgary Police Community Crime Data 2020-Q2 2026.
You're already paying
for security. Sort of.
Most homes on this street pay $50 to $80 a month for alarm monitoring. To be fair, it does deliver everything on the list.
Alarm monitoring
$50-80/mo
- A siren the neighbours have learned to ignore
- A call centre that phones you. Eventually.
- >60 minute police response, when they come at all
- A false-alarm warning, addressed to you
- A lawn sign burglars stopped respecting decades ago
- Footage of the break-in, in 4K, for afterwards
Porchlight membership
$98/mo
- A guard already in the neighbourhood, every night
- A person at your door, right away
- Someone who checks the laneway, not just the app
- A weekly log of every pass at your address
- A street that visibly has someone watching it
- Works with your alarm. We're the ones who answer it.
Keep your alarm. Give it someone to call.
The neighbourhood sets
the coverage.
At 125 households the patrol launches: every night, 7 pm to 7 am, the window when nearly all of it happens. Every household that signs on after that buys the whole street more hours. Your neighbour joining is not their business. It's your coverage.
At 125 households
The patrol launches
Every night, 7 pm to 7 am. The hours when almost all of it happens.
Targeting October 1st
As more sign on
18 hours a day
Early mornings and afternoons covered. Growth is published in the member digest.
At full strength
24/7
The vehicle never leaves the neighbourhood.
<5 min
response target during patrol hours
7 pm-7 am
nightly coverage from day one
$98
founding rate, locked through 2027
We publish the math instead of hiding it. One vehicle and one guard cost what they cost; the neighbourhood decides how many hours they run.
The proof,
every week.
You never wonder whether the patrol actually came. Every Monday, your digest lands with every GPS-timestamped pass at your address, anything the guard found, and photos when something needed documenting. Written by the guard who walked it, in plain English.
Weekly digest
14XX Frontenac Ave SW · Week of Sep 22
16
passes at your address
1
finding, resolved
2
photos attached
Guard's note, Thu 1:38 AM
Side gate to the laneway was sitting open. I closed and latched it, checked the yard and rear windows, and photographed both. No signs of anyone having been in. Worth a look at the latch; it doesn't catch on the first push.
Illustrative sample. Your digest reports your own address only.
XA Community Safety Patrol · Membership
Two ways to keep the light on
First 125 households lock $98 a month through 2027. Month-to-month, no long contract, no charge until the vehicle is on the road. Less than most of the street pays for an alarm nobody answers.
Porchlight
The light left on for the whole street. A marked vehicle on our streets every night, and a person who comes when something happens.
$98/mo
Founding rate · $119/mo after the first 125 households
- Marked XA patrol vehicle in Upper Mount Royal every night, 7 pm to 7 am at launch
- Alarm and incident response during patrol hours, target under 5 minutes
- 24/7 member hotline, answered by a person
- Weekly digest: GPS-timestamped passes at your address
- Trespass authorization on file
- 4 days of Vacation Watch per year, 20% off extra trips
- Member lawn sign and the neighbourhood patrol channel
Concierge
Your guard knows your home the way a neighbour would. Capped so the promise stays physically true.
$199/mo
Founding rate · $249/mo once the founding 25 seats are gone
- Everything in Porchlight
- Your alarm company's first call. A guard responds, not a call centre
- Your guard knows your home: family, vehicles, pets, the gate that sticks
- Priority dispatch. Your guard breaks route for you
- Interior checks authorized, lockbox on file
- Weekly on-foot perimeter walk
- 28 days of Vacation Watch per year
- Direct guard line, no queue
Why cap Concierge? Everyone gets the patrol; Concierge is the high-touch layer on top, capped at 50 homes per patrol route no matter how large the membership grows. One guard can only know so many homes by heart and honour so many first-call response guarantees at once. We cap it where the promise stays physically true. The first 25 Concierge seats lock the founding rate.
Who operates it
Run by the neighbourhood.
Staffed by professionals.
The Community Safety Patrol is operated by XA Security: Calgary-grown, 20+ years, the same people who run security for the Calgary Stampede, Spruce Meadows, Cineplex, and hundreds of venues across Alberta. Not a franchise. Not a call centre.
Calgary Stampede
Annual event partner
Spruce Meadows
Grounds and events
Cineplex Rec Room
Venue partner
Water Lantern Festival
Event security
National Music Centre
Venue security
AB License #B000344
Provincial security licence
$5M GL Insurance
Commercial general liability
450+ Guards
Licensed professionals
Add your household.
Founding cohort of 125 households signed on. 125 by September 24th puts the patrol on the road October 1st.
What happens next.
- 1
Your household signs on
First 125 households lock $98/mo through 2027. Nothing is charged until launch. Signing on by September 24th is what puts the vehicle on the road October 1st.
- 2
The patrol launches
Targeting October 1st. A marked XA SUV and uniformed guard, every night from 7 pm to 7 am. Randomized routes, GPS logged, past your front door and down your back lane.
- 3
Your member kit arrives
Lawn sign, hotline number, the neighbourhood patrol channel, and your first weekly digest showing every pass at your address.
Questions
When does the patrol start?
When 125 founding households have signed on. Reaching 125 by September 24th puts the vehicle on the road for the October 1st target; if the threshold lands later, the launch date shifts with it. We don't collect payment until launch, so if the neighbourhood never reaches 125, nothing is ever charged.
Why 7 pm to 7 am and not 24/7?
Honesty. 125 households funds a vehicle for the twelve hours when nearly all of Upper Mount Royal's property crime happens. As more households sign on, coverage grows to 18 hours a day and then 24/7, and every expansion is announced in the member digest. We would rather tell you exactly what the money buys than promise 24/7 and thin it out.
What does my neighbour joining actually get me?
Hours. Every household that signs on buys the whole street more coverage, and response gets faster as the patrol spends more time in the neighbourhood. That's why members get a lawn sign: recruiting the house next door is the single most effective security upgrade you can make.
Why is Concierge capped at 50 homes per route?
Everyone gets the patrol; Concierge is the high-touch layer on top, and its promises break if we oversell them. Concierge means your guard is your alarm company's first call, knows your home in detail, and breaks route for you. One guard can only honour that for so many homes at once, so each patrol route carries at most 50 Concierge homes alongside its Porchlight members, and only the first 25 seats get the founding rate. That scarcity is also why it's worth $199.
How does alarm response work?
Porchlight: during patrol hours, the guard is already in the neighbourhood and responds right away, with a target of under 5 minutes. They verify the property, secure it, and call 911 themselves if there's an active intrusion. Concierge: your alarm company lists XA as its first call. We work alongside your existing alarm subscription. We just answer it in person.
Do I need to sign a contract?
No. Month-to-month, cancel with 30 days notice. The founding rate of $98/mo (Concierge $199/mo) is locked through 2027 as long as your membership stays active.
What's the difference between Porchlight and Vacation Watch?
Porchlight ($98/mo) is the always-on membership: nightly patrol, response, hotline, GPS log. Vacation Watch ($89-$2,400 per trip) is for when you're away: daily exterior checks with photo reports. Members get 4 days included per year plus 20% off all trips; Concierge includes 28 days.
Who are the guards?
Community Safety Guards: licensed, trained, paid above market, and held to high expectations, because a premium service is only ever as good as the people running it. The patrol fleet is electric: quiet on your streets at 3 am, which is the point.
Who is XA Security?
Calgary company, 20+ years, 450+ licensed guards. We run security for the Calgary Stampede, Spruce Meadows, Cineplex Rec Room, Water Lantern Festival, the National Music Centre, and hundreds of clients across Alberta. AB Licence #B000344, $5M liability insurance. The Community Safety Patrol is the same professionals, same standards, applied to your street.