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Exhibit 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT
We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Vicom, Incorporated
(Company) on Form S-1 of our reports as follows:
Vicom, Incorporated and Subsidiaries, dated February 23, 2000, except for
Note 15, as to which the date is April 3, 2000.
Ekman, Inc., d/b/a Corporate Technologies, dated February 16, 2000.
All the above reports appear in the Prospectus, which is a part of this
Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned
reports also included the financial statement schedule of Vicom, Incorporated
listed in Schedule II. This financial statement schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement
schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken
as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set
forth therein.
LURIE, BESIKOF, LAPIDUS & CO., LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 10, 2000
