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Steve Mimbs Chief of Police
Crime Prevention Community Relations Division
Jane Meier
Neighborhood Watch First Meeting
What is a Neighborhood Watch?
A voluntary program
organized by concerned citizens to
reduce crime and improve
living conditions in their
communities.
Watch Groups• Are extra and for
reporting crime and suspicious behavior to law enforcement.
it’s one of the most effective and it’s one of the most effective and least costly ways to prevent crime.least costly ways to prevent crime.
A criminal’s job gets a lot tougher in a neighborhood where people are watching out for each other.
•Phone Tree
•Citizens Patrol
•Improving Conditions
•Crime Prevention Training
Protecting Your Home
Home Security
Watch Groups
“Broken Window” theory
Neighborhoods that neglect minor signs of decay and disorder are opening the door to crime.
One un-repaired broken window is a signal that no one cares
Neighborhood Watch
Citizen Crime Watch
Block Watch
Home Alert
Crime Watchers
Neighborhood Crime Watch
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Get To Know Your Neighbors
Neighbors are often the first to spot problems
Getting Started
•Form a planning committee
•Inform law enforcement
•Identify any problems
•Invite neighbors
•Meeting Agenda
First “Watch” Meeting
Introductions
Explanation of NW
Attendance / Data
Watch Coordinator
Block Captains
NW Chairperson
• Set up initial meeting
• Obtain block captains and set up data files
• Liaison between neighborhood and law enforcement
• Disseminate information to Block Captains
• Schedule location for meetings
• Welcome new neighbors and tell them about NW
• Keep master list of participants and emergency contact
Block Captains
•The Block Captain is responsible for a designated area
•Encourage neighborhood participation
•Disseminate information
•Assist Neighborhood Watch chairperson
•Welcome new neighbors
The duties of the block captain will offer very little change in lifestyle for the citizen involved. Rather, it will provide a means for meeting your neighbors as well as a vehicle for making your
community a safer place to live.
Benefits of a Neighborhood Watch Program
•Education and Training by Law Enforcement
•Unites the Community
• Reduces the Risk of Being a Crime Victim
•Unites the Community and increases neighborhood cohesion
•Looking Out for Each Other
•Prevents and Reduces Crime
•Reduces fear of Crime in the Community
•Improves crime reporting by citizens
•Greater Access to Criminal Activity Information
The “Watch” Meetings
•Suspicious people
•Suspicious vehicles
•Suspicious activity
•Neighborhood restoration
•How to report a crime
•Protecting Your Home
•Protecting Your Vehicle
•Lighting / Landscaping
•Identity Theft
•Personal Safety
Training and Education
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