Neighborhood Watch

Ask anyone whose home has been burglarized. The shock and helpless anger accompanying the discovery that an intruder

has entered one's home will not easily be forgotten. The damage may be minimal or major, the losses slight or catastrophic.

The incident may or may not have involved injury to a family member, yet one hard fact remains: another statistic has been

added to the ever growing list of burglarized homes.

The prevention of crime, particularly crime involving residential neighborhoods, is a responsibility that must be shared equally

by law enforcement and private citizens. The fact is that the impact on crime prevention by law enforcement alone is

minimal when compared with the power of private citizens working with law enforcement and with each other.

Neighborhood Watch is based on this concept of cooperation. When community members take positive steps to secure

their own property and neighbors learn how to report suspicious activity around their homes, crimes decrease and

the neighborhood is a safer place for all.

Neighborhood Watch is a crime prevention program that:

• Teaches citizens techniques to reduce the risk of being victimized at home and in public.
  
  
• Trains citizens on the importance of recognizing suspicious activities and how to report them.    
  
  
• Teaches participants how to make their homes more secure and properly identify their property.
  
  
• Allows neighbors to get to know each other and their routines so that any out of place activity
  can be reported promptly and investigated by police.

It is important to note that Neighborhood Watch is not a:

• Vigilante force working outside the normal procedures of law enforcement.
  
  
• Program designed for participants to take personal risks to prevent crime.
  
  
• 100% guarantee that crime will not happen in your neighborhood.

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