1. Bayo Vista Neighborhood Watch & Emergency Preparation
Meet & know neighbors
Maintain community & block maps
Attend these meetings
Watch neighbors’ homes and report ALL suspicious activity to Sheriff & neighbors
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2. Opening Messages Our Objectives
Thanks to...
Pastor Ted Goslen, this Church, Ron Gibson, & Joe Jones and every neighbor participant!
Criminal Habits
As stealing becomes habitual, it gets easier. We, too, have to call the Sheriff more often.
Our Objectives
Thwart & deter criminals to better protect ourselves, homes and autos.
Improve our communication skills
50,000 new blogs (web log pages) are created every hour - people are craving to communicate with others, and I submit to you that face to face communication is what they crave, but instead settle for the next best thing – the internet.
Let’s keep meeting in person.
On my experinces with the Sheriff, the more I called them, the less questions they asked of me. They know me so well, they take my call and immediately dispatch the appropriate department to handle my needs.
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3. Block Captain Duties
Serve as Liaison between residents and sheriff’s office
Recruit new Watch members, striving for 100% participation
Plan meetings & activities
Maintain list of participating members
Responsible for making maps
Distribute maps to all members
Notify members of meetings
Distribute crime alerts & newsletter information to community members
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4. Our Achievements So Far
We know our immediate neighbors better, their phone #s and addresses.
3 new crime watch signs installed.
Two crime watch groups have merged.
Strangers know we are watching them
All of the Hillcrest Area is our goal, encompassing 362 owner-occupied residences
From San Pablo Dam Rd to Arlington North
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5. The Challenges for each neighbor
Meet & know more neighbors
Call the correct law enforcement department for non 911 emergencies
Sheriff
Share your phone # & address
Attend Watch meetings
Utilize Operation I.D.
San Pablo City Limits Police
Richmond City Limits Police
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6. Let’s get coordinated Do you know what to do if…
1) You find your home or car vandalized?
2) You find an abandoned vehicle?
3) You face a solicitor without a permit badge?
4) You see a suspicious activity on neighbor’s property?
5) You find junk dumped on the street?
6) You see drug activity?
1) To report home/car vandalism, call (Sheriff dispatch)
2) To report abandoned cars on private property, call
on cpunty roadways, call
3) To report solicitors without displaying a permit, call
4) When you see suspicious activity, call your neighbor first or the sheriff
5) To report illegal dumping, call public works
6)To report ongoing drugs activity, call
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7. Creative Thinking Session How can we be better prepared?
Realize that a good neighbor is the best crime prevention device
Share experiences, information, and be prepared for anything.
Change our neighborhood atmosphere
Store your immediate neighbors’ cell & home phone #s
Neighborhood Watch is not guard duty. It is getting to know your neighbors, focusing on community issues, formin gaction groups and finding resolutions to neighborhood problems. We are partners with the Sheriff.
Recognize & report suspicious activities
Initiate Operation Identification
Review Alarm company performances
Our quality of life is at stake. Let’s cooperate and communicate.
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8. Set SMART Goals
Identify your group # located above your mailing address or bayovista – click on database
Choose a “block captain” for each group of streets, 1-5.
Help neighbors get online, post & read neighborhood events.
Add your “incident” online at or call someone who can.
Volunteer for food prep, parking help, clean up, snail mail & internet education.
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9. Your Commitment Needed
Group commitments.
Call / yoru block captain
Find the streets in your group # at
Individual commitments.
Keep vigilant, keep in touch with neighbors, learn to call Sheriff / Police often, attend monthly meetings, keep learning about how to protect, keep watch & prepare for emergencies.
Overcome shyness and use your telephone more often.
Access the internet and BayoVista yahoo group.
Schedule to attend meetings every 2nd Thursday of every month, 7 – 9 PM
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10. Future Meetings’ Guests:
Closing Statements
Be prepared to enjoy great food, meet your neighbors, and improve your preparedness for all kinds of emergencies
Future Meetings’ Guests:
Representatives of…
CC Sheriff, San Pablo & Richmond Police, CC Fire Prevention
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11. Future Topics Sheriff’s Vacation Watch Identity Theft Bio-terrorism
Bird flu
Earthquakes
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