Residents of First Harford Square in Edgewood aren?t waiting for Harford County police and government officials to step up the fight against crime. Instead, community leaders have hired a private security company to patrol the neighborhood.

During the group?s June meeting, the leaders of the First Harford Square Homeowners Association voted unanimously to hire a private security company, according to the neighborhood?s operations manager. For about a month now, two armed security officers with Evergreen Security Inc. have been patrolling the community?s streets.