A Neighborhood Watch program is a group of people living in the same area who want to make their neighborhood safer by working together in conjunction with local law enforcement to reduce crime and improve their quality of life.
Benefits of Neighborhood Watch
Partnerships between Law Enforcement and your Neighbors
Reduction in Crime
A More Secure and Better Prepared Neighborhood
A More United Community
Improved Communications Within the Community
Steps to building a successful neighborhood watch group
Recruit and organize as many neighbors as possible.
Discuss community concerns and develop an action plan.
Create a communication plan
Take Action: Hold Meetings and Events
Recruit and organize as many neighbors as possible
Discuss community concerns and develop an action plan.
Create a communication plan
Take Action: Hold Meetings and Events
Make contact with your neighbors to get them involved in the
Talk about crime and quality of life issues in your neighborhood.
Discuss community concerns and develop an action plan
Discuss the concerns and issues of your neighborhood and compile a list.
Your group should create a plan on how to work towards lessening the impact of the top three concerns of the neighbors.
Create a communication plan
Decide what type of communication will work for your watch group.
Technology
Meetings
Social Media
Phone Tree
Take action steps: Hold meetings and events
Take active steps in the community so that everyone is aware of the Neighborhood Watch.
Have a kickoff event to encourage others to get involved
Start a neighborhood newsletter
Block parties
Keep the group active and enthusiastic
What’s next?
Continue the effort to get more neighbors involved.
Start thinking about who you would like to designate for positions such as Block Captain, and Neighborhood Watch Coordinator.
Collect data on the crime, disorder, and quality-of-life issues in the general community.
What is Neighborhood Watch?
What is Neighborhood Watch?