Halifax Regional Police are looking for a man who's been going door-to-door in recent weeks asking Dartmouth residents about home alarms and trying to sell the systems.

Police say his suspicious behaviour escalated Thursday when he asked a 17-year-old girl at a home on Topsail Boulevard to go for a drive.

When the girl refused, it's alleged the man tried to grab her arm and pull her outside.

She closed the door and called police.

Police describe the suspect as a white man between 20 and 30 years old with light brown hair.

He was wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and sneakers.