Home Security in Woodbury and the East Metro

Nighthawk Security installs and monitors home security systems in Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Hastings, Lake Elmo, Oakdale, and the surrounding east metro. Our team is licensed in Minnesota, your system reports to a UL Listed central station, and the owners answer their own phones.

Reviewed by Joe Castro, Owner, Nighthawk Security · Updated October 2026

Security for East Metro Homes

A lot of the east metro is newer construction: subdivisions in Woodbury and Cottage Grove, townhome associations, and larger lots in Lake Elmo. Many of these homes were pre-wired for security, which can make installation faster and neater.

We plan the system around your layout, including attached garages, walkout basements, and patio doors, and around how your family uses the house.

Communities We Serve

  • Woodbury, with new subdivisions and townhomes across the city
  • Cottage Grove, with family homes along the Mississippi River
  • Hastings, from historic homes downtown to newer neighborhoods on the edges of town
  • Lake Elmo, with larger lots and rural properties
  • Oakdale, with established neighborhoods just east of St. Paul

We also cover the rest of the east metro and western Wisconsin. Contact us with your address to confirm.

Who Responds When Your Alarm Goes Off

When an alarm is confirmed, our central station calls the agency that covers your address: Woodbury Public Safety, Cottage Grove or Hastings police, or the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Operators pass along the details from your account so responders know what to expect.

What You Can Add

Most systems start with monitored door, window, and motion sensors. From there you can add smoke and carbon monoxide detection, video doorbells and cameras, or a medical alert button for an aging parent.

24/7 Monitoring from a UL Listed Central Station

Every Nighthawk system reports to a UL Listed, TMA Five Diamond certified central station staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Redundant centers in Florida, New Jersey, and California back each other up, so a storm or outage in one region doesn’t leave your home unmonitored.

  1. A sensor tripsA door, motion, smoke, or water sensor alerts your panel.
  2. The signal goes outOver cellular, it reaches our UL Listed central station in seconds.
  3. You get a textPeople on your call list get an SMS alert right away and can confirm or cancel it with a tap.
  4. An operator callsIf no one responds to the text, we work through your call list to confirm what’s happening.
  5. Help is sentPolice, fire, or EMS, when it’s confirmed or no one answers.

Why East Metro Homeowners Choose Nighthawk Security

We hold a BBB A+ rating, a 4.7 out of 5 rating on Angi, and Minnesota license TS000435. We install Resideo and Honeywell Home equipment with Total Connect 2.0 app control, so you’re never locked into proprietary hardware.

Pricing and Your Monitoring Agreement

$299Discounted installation, with a three-year service agreement.

Installation starts at a discounted $299 with a three-year service agreement and includes a control panel, battery backup, communicator, one motion sensor, and three door and window contacts. Pricing is the same across our Minnesota and Florida service areas. We’ll walk through exactly what your home needs, and what it costs, before anything is installed.

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Rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau and 4.7 out of 5 on Angi. Here’s what our customers say.

Ready to protect what matters?

Call or text (866) 472-3525, email our team, start a chat, or schedule your no-cost, no-obligation on-site evaluation today. We will discuss your home or business and recommend the right next step.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you install home security in Woodbury?

Yes. We install and monitor systems in Woodbury, Cottage Grove, Hastings, Lake Elmo, Oakdale, and nearby east metro communities.

Installation starts at a discounted $299 with a three-year service agreement, the same pricing we offer across our service area.

Often, yes. Many newer east metro homes were pre-wired, and we’ll check what’s usable during your on-site evaluation.

After working through your call list, our central station contacts the police or fire agency that covers your address.

Yes. We serve western Wisconsin, including Hudson, River Falls, and New Richmond.

We noticed you take security seriously

Proactive Visual Monitoring adds a deterrent layer. Our central station watches the video and speaks to people on your property through installed hardware.

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