Overwhelming support for the Flaxmere Community Assist team has helped it become a permanent fixture.
At this month's Hastings District Council meeting councillors resolved to make the service permanent following a year's trial.
It was brought in at the start of the last financial year in response to community concerns about safety in the town centre area and a desire to deter anti-social behaviour.
It was run as an extension to the equally successful City Assist service in Hastings.
But the team does a lot more than deter trouble and report suspicious behaviour to police, the report to council showed.