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  Company'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
            small business issuer, 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)    (Paragraph   omitted  pursuant  to  SEC  Release  Nos.  33-8238  and
            34-47986);

      c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company'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

      d)    Disclosed  in this  report  any  change  in the  Company's  internal
            control over financial  reporting that occurred during the Company's
            most recent fiscal quarter (the  Company's  fourth fiscal quarter in
            the case of an annual  report) that has materially  affected,  or is
            reasonably  likely to  materially  affect,  the  Company's  internal
            control over financial reporting;

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

      a)    all significant  deficiencies and material  weaknesses in the design
            or operation of internal control over financial  reporting which are
            reasonably  likely to  adversely  affect  the  Company's  ability to
            record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

      b)    any fraud,  whether or not  material,  that  involves  management or
            other  employees  who  have a  significant  role  in  the  Company's
            internal control over financial reporting.

Dated:  May 17, 2004
                                        /s/ James Mandel
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                                        James Mandel
                                        Chief Executive Officer