''City Beat'' is a reality television series from
New Zealand
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, following late night patrols by security guards on the streets of
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
. The program features employees of First Security, working as part of an initiative to reduce the workload of the city police force, dealing with street crime such as drunken disorder, street fighting, break ins, road rage and
car crashes.
The series was originally aired on the free to air
TV 2 network in New Zealand during 2002/2003, but was later syndicated across the globe on networks such as
Zone Reality (UK).
Featured guards
The show often featured on a number of guards who would be introduced in the opening titles of each show.
Senior Guards Bill, Mark, T, John and Jason are featured on every episode, commonly joined by other guards including James, Davy Grover, Stuart and Scott.
External links
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''City Beat''at
Zone Reality''First Security''
New Zealand reality television series
TVNZ 2 original programming