The ABC’s of Neighborhood Watch
You can form a Watch group around any
geographical unit, village, one or several blocks, an apartment, park,
business area, housing complex, office or marina. A few concerned
residents, a community organization or law enforcement agency can
spearhead the effort to organize a Neighborhood Watch group. Any
community resident from that geographical unit can join - young or old,
single or married, renter or homeowner.
Members learn how to make their homes
more secure, watch out for each other and their neighborhood, and report
activities that raise their suspicions to the police. Watch groups are
not vigilantes. They are extra eyes and ears for reporting crime and
helping neighbors. Neighborhood Watch helps build pride and serves as a
springboard to bring a neighborhood together in a common effort to make
the neighborhood a safer one.
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