Authorities who patrol The Waterfront pledged yesterday to beef up security at the sprawling shopping and entertainment complex where two men were shot and killed in as many weeks.

The development's management company said it will pay Homestead, West Homestead and Munhall police officers to spend more time at The Waterfront, while also deploying more members of its own private security force.

"Marked cars, unmarked cars, we're working together with all three boroughs and [Developers Diversified Realty Corp.] to make sure, especially on the weekends, that we have a presence down there," Homestead Mayor Betty Esper said of yesterday's two-hour meeting among company representatives, officials and police. "We don't want to say exactly when, because we don't want to give [criminals] the knowledge of when we're there or when we're not there."

West Homestead Police Chief Christopher Deasy said the company agreed to pay his department to patrol the complex for an additional four hours per week. Officials will also explore adding security cameras to The Waterfront's three entrances as part of a long-term safety plan, he said.

"We're looking into where they can be set, how we're going to get the money for it, the liabilities of having cameras," Ms. Esper said.

The meeting came in response to the Sunday morning slaying of restaurant worker Brian Lee, 19, of West Mifflin, who was gunned down in a robbery as he and a manager closed Damon's Grill in the complex's West Homestead section. In a shooting June 28, Brendan Brooks, 29, of Homewood, was killed as he left the Eat'n Park restaurant not far from Damon's.

Officials yesterday reiterated their belief that The Waterfront is heavily surveilled and that the crimes committed there could have happened in any community. One marked police car exclusively patrols the 430-acre grounds two evenings a week -- a cruiser from Homestead on Fridays from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. and one from West Homestead on Saturdays from 6 to 11 p.m. Officers who respond to problems at the development typically drive through it on the way out, officials have said.

"Besides having three municipal departments patrolling it, you have on-site, 24-hour-a-day security, you have off-duty detail officers at various locations and various times," among other security measures, Homestead Police Chief Jeffrey DeSimone said. "The Waterfront is safe."

The chiefs also reiterated their long-standing offer of police escorts for restaurant employees who feel uneasy leaving work after dark. Chief DeSimone said he has not received any requests.

The group vowed to meet every three months to assess its strategies, address complaints and hash out safety plans for the future, Ms. Esper said.