EXHIBIT 31.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

          I,  James  Mandel,  Chief  Executive  Officer  of Vicom  Incorporated,
certify that:

          1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Vicom
     Incorporated;

          2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
     untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
     necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
     which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
     covered by this quarterly report;

          3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
     financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in
     all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
     cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     quarterly report;

          4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:

     a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
     ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
     consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
     entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is
     being prepared;

     b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
     procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
     effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
     the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

     c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control
     over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent
     quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
     affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

          5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
     based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the
     audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
     the equivalent function);

     a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
     controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
     process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
     registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

     b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
     employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
     controls; and

         6. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have indicated in
     this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in
     internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect
     internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,
     including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies
     and material weaknesses.

     Dated:  August 14, 2003                Signature /s/James Mandel
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                                                      James Mandel
                                                      Chief Executive Officer


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