“I think every day that a security agency closes, the community is less safe,” said Sean Saunders, who was the chief operating office of Excelsior Security Agency before it went out of business.
“We have 40% of our clients, which happen to also be some of our largest clients, that are either late in paying, pay only partial payments, or have not paid at all — one of which is Karya [Property] Management,” Saunders said.“We serviced them for over seven months with patrol services and we also sent them down a specialized team of officers to help them clean up their properties due to such a high crime rate,” Saunders said.
In a statement to the I-TEAM, a spokesperson said “KPM Property Management successfully works with thousands of vendors across its national properties, having longstanding contracts and relationships with many of them.” They go on to say on-site property teams are empowered to lead the sourcing, contracting and management of vendors.
She said, in September, KPM owed more than $43,000 for work they did through April, showing the I-TEAM invoices and emails to KPM asking for payment. After reaching out to the I-TEAM, Archila said KPM worked out an agreement with KPM, paying them 90% of what they were owed — about $39,000.