1. Neighborhood Watch Training
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2. What is a Neighborhood Watch?
Neighborhood Watch is a crime prevention
program that enlists the active participation
of citizens in cooperation with law
enforcement to reduce crime in the
Communities.

3. What is Neighborhood Watch?
A network of neighbors are trained by a
crime prevention officer to protect them-
selves and their property, as well as how to
serve effectively as additional EYES and EARS
for law enforcement agencies in their
communities.

4. What is a Neighborhood Watch?
Neighborhood watch is citizens
joining with the police to take the
responsibility in ensuring the safety
of their homes and neighborhoods,
and improving the quality of life.

5. The Goals and Philosophy of Neighborhood Watch:
To increase the awareness level of citizens with respect to crime
through education

6. The Goals and Philosophy of Neighborhood Watch:
Motivation – citizens becoming
involved

7. The Goals and Philosophy of Neighborhood Watch:
3. Organization – organizing
residents and neighborhoods on a
street by street basis

8. The Goals and Philosophy of Neighborhood Watch:
4. Mobilization – residents active taking back
their neighborhoods. This training should
enhance each neighborhood’s ability to
accomplish those goals, thereby, making and
keeping their neighborhoods safe places to
live, work and play.

9. An effective Neighborhood Watch:
It is the objective of the Neighborhood Watch program to provide citizens with information that will allow them to better protect their families, homes, properties, and communities.
Effective operation of the program is dependent upon the active participation of a majority of citizens.
Citizen’s participation is one of the most effective tools
against crime because the job of stopping burglary,
robbery, or sexual assault is impossible for police to
accomplish alone.

10. Three key aspects of Neighborhood Watch:
Neighbors getting to know one another, and
working together in a program of mutual
assistance.
Citizens being trained to recognize and report
suspicious and/or criminal activity.
Crime prevention techniques, such as Home
Security Surveys, Operation ID, and Watch Your
Car Program.

11. First, check the community for things that might
What to Look for:
First, check the community for things that might
contribute to crime such as:
Poor street lighting
Abandoned cars
Vacant lots littered with debris
Boarded up buildings
High shrubbery and bushes

12. What to LOOK for:
Someone running from a car or home
Someone screaming, if you can’t determine what
the screams are for, call the police and report it
Someone going from door-to-door in the neigh-
borhood or looking into windows and parked cars
A person who seems to have no purpose wandering
in the neighborhood

13. What to LOOK for:
Any unusual or suspicious noise that you can’t
you can’t explain, such as breaking glass or
pounding
Vehicles moving slowly, with no lights, or no
apparent destination
Business transactions conducted from the vehicle.
This could involve the sale of drugs or stolen goods.

14. What to LOOK for:
Offers to sell merchandise at ridicously low prices.
It’s probably stolen.
Property carried by persons on foot at an unusual
hour or place, especially if the person is running
Property being removed from closed businesses or
residences known to be unoccupied

15. What to LOOK for:
A stranger entering a neighbor’s home that appears
to be unoccupied
A child resisting the advances of an adult

16. said they were renting it out” “Mary works in Reston, VA
Examples of valuable information neighbors of a community know that the police may not have knowledge of:
“That car wasn’t here
last night”
“The Johnson’s moved
and still own the
house, but they never
said they were renting it out”
“Mary works in Reston, VA
and never comes home
before 6pm”
“I haven’t seen
Jake in over a week
and his mail is piling up”
“Kat and Marcus
is out of town”
“He doesn’t live
around here”

19. Call 911 if:
A crime is in progress!!!

20. Call 911: Burglary Robbery Stolen Vehicle or Theft from Auto
Weapon Involved (be ready to describe)
Domestic Violence
Car accident with injuries
Kidnapping or attempt to lure a child
Sexual Assault
Felonious Assault

21. The non emergency number is
Not a police matter,
don’t know who to call,
Dial County Click 311

22. Any Questions?
Comments?
Complaints?
Moans or Groans?