Neighborhood Watch
Neighborhood watch is a simple neighbors-helping-neighbors program that has helped other communities reduce crime by as much as 65 percent. Many watch groups have discovered a new feeling of caring and belonging among neighbors. Many have used their combined efforts to improve their streets and parks, recreation opportunities, and local services.
All of us are concerned about becoming the victim of crime, but no one of us can fight crime alone. Not even the police can do it without your help. Isolating ourselves behind locked doors and not knowing our neighbors actually makes it easier for burglars and other criminals to take advantage of our neighborhood. You will learn about the activities of a neighborhood watcher. What's asked is really quite simple, things such as picking up the newspapers and mail when your neighbors are away on vacation, keeping an eye out for unusual activity like a strange person snooping around a house and alerting the police and neighbors, escorting a frightened shut-in to a community meeting, visiting someone who's been the victim of a crime and making our homes more resistant to crime.
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