Crime Prevention
A Neighborhood Watch is an organization that helps residents in a particular neighborhood:

• Become the eyes and ears for law enforcement
• Develop a positive rapport with law enforcement
• Prevent or reduce crime in that neighborhood

At Crime Watch meetings, residents discuss and plan potential solutions to address the area's crime problems. Neighborhood Crime Watch is also a great way to meet and get to know your neighbors, which enhances everyone's safety in the neighborhood.

Neighborhood Watch Groups Do:

• Teach citizens techniques to reduce the risk of being victimized at home and in public.
• Train citizens to recognize and report suspicious activities.
• Teach participants how to make their homes more secure and how to properly identify their property.
• Allow neighbors to get to know each other and their routines so that unusual activity can be reported and investigated.
• Bring citizens together to address the needs and issues that concern the entire community.

Neighborhood Watch Groups Are Not:

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

Responsibilities
The leader of the Neighborhood Crime Watch program is a block coordinator / captain selected by your own group. This person or persons will:

• Organize block activities.
• Distribute crime prevention literature to members of the group.
• Represent their area or section at other Neighborhood Crime Watch activities in the community.
• Help distribute information about other types of activity taking place in your community.
• Complete a block map containing first and last names, addresses, and phone numbers of all residents in their neighborhood whether or not the household participates. This map is then used to supply information for each resident concerning adjacent residents.