Neighborhood Watch
Neighborhood Watch Support
Neighborhood Watch is the cornerstone of all crime prevention programs. It enlists the active participation of citizens in cooperation with law enforcement to reduce burglaries and other neighborhood crimes. Its primary purpose is the protection of property — yours and your neighbors. It is a proven and effective means to substantially reduce not only the incidence of residential burglaries in a specified geographical area, but the incidence of other crimes.
Neighborhood Watch programs teach you the steps that can be taken to help protect your home. It also helps you organize a neighborhood group and start making crime prevention a part of everyone’s daily routine.
Why start a Neighborhood Watch?
Your Neighborhood Watch program will help deter crime in the neighborhood you live in. The “job” of a citizen in a Neighborhood Watch area is to be suspicious, alert and to report any suspicious activity to the police. It is the responsibility of the police to apprehend the criminals.
How to Start a Neighborhood Watch
Activity is very important to the success of any Neighborhood Watch program! Leadership, involvement, and enthusiasm will get other neighbors involved when starting a program.
If you would like more information or guidance on building a program, you can request our FPD Neighborhood Watch Representative to visit your location and provide an informative presentation. (Please call at least 2 weeks in advance to schedule a presentation.)
Some of the topics covered in the presentation will be:
- Neighborhood Watch Program Ideas
- Home Security Recommendations
- Target Hardening Suggestion
- Vehicle Security Tips
- Neighborhood Watch Sustainability
Contact Sergeant Cody Linderoth at 520-868-8330 for more information or by emailing him at Cody.Linderoth@florenceaz.gov.