Beachside Neighborhood Patrol, the private security organization for Manhattan Beach, announced it would continue to provide patrols at a neighborhood association meeting last week, according to YourNabe.com. The private security service had previously announced that it would suspend its patrols on January 1 unless 150 more households in the community paid dues to the organization.

It has been stated by Beachside that only about 25% of the households in the community were contributing to the patrol (prior to the December membership push), and Sheepshead Bites took a close look at the effect on the patrol of the fissure between two rival community groups.

UPDATE [Jan-21-2010]: Sheepshead Bites has lots more on the story here.