1. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PATROLLING

2. Neighborhood Watch Patrolling
Patrolling Techniques
Being a good witness
Reporting

3. Patrolling Techniques
Types of patrolling
Foot patrol
Vehicle patrol
Bike patrol
Patrol in pairs
Safe
Motivation
More eyes
Show of force
Vary times, locations, and patterns.
Select likely times of activities.
Patrol locations of incidents.
Walk or drive in random patterns

4. Patrolling Techniques
Uniforms
Wear at least a bright colored T Shirt
Sends message to bad guys
Shows organization
Lets residents feel safe and may get involved
Tools
Radios
Cell phones
Flashlights
Pen and note pad
Camera (video or still)

5. Being A Good Witness Observe Don’t get involved, Watch and report
Look for out of place vehicles, people, activities…
Things that make you go… Hmmmm!!!
Don’t get involved, Watch and report
An independent third party witness is more credible and believable.
Don’t try and physically stop anything.
Don’t become involved in an argument.
Don’t put yourself or anyone else in harms way

6. Being A Good Witness Record Information – Keep a patrol log
of each shift
Camera’s – Cell phone, still, video
Tape recorders – hand held and digital, to record
other persons statements, or used by you to
record current information.
Pen and paper – write down notes of an ongoing incident,
or to record a suspect situation that may be
important at a later date. Can write your own notes
or have preprinted field cards.

7. Reporting Accurate account of times, actions, and descriptions
Who Names, descriptions, license plate
What What happened, what took place, what was used
When Times (time of day, date, duration)
Where Location of incident, direction of travel, place hidden
Why/How Manner in which happened, reason for action

8. Reporting Who – Any information that can help identify the subject(s)
Name – actual or other
Description
Clothing – Top to bottom – hat, shirt, pants shoes
Physical features – Race, height, weight, hair, facial hair, scars, injuries, deformities.
Vehicle Info – License plate, make and model and year, color, # of doors, rims, any damage to vehicle

9. Reporting
What – An accurate account of what took place, or items used in a crime
Keep it simple –Broke into a house, broke front window, struck victim with a large stick.
Describe any tools or weapons used in clear simple terms like description of people.
Size, Color, Shape
Open hand/Closed fist,

10. Reporting When – When the incident took place
and any relative time frame
Date of incident
Time of incident
Time frame
Length of time from incident to reporting, how long incident
lasted

11. Reporting Where – Location of incident, subjects, victims. Addresses
Descriptions of locations – Intersections of streets with direction and distance,
description of house/building, landmarks
Locations of subjects – Address, direction of travel (cardinal or landmark) with time
frame

12. Reporting How/Why – Specific details of how or
why the incident took place.
How the window was broken
Why the person hit the other person.
How any tools or weapons were used (to include fists, feet, etc..)
Example of report of an incident when you decide to call the Police Department.
A w/m 15 to 20 years old wearing blue baseball hat/backwards, green t-shirt, blue jean shorts, and white high tops just threw a rock through the window of th St and ran North on Middle Ave toward 9th St.
The above is the initial call to dispatch. Details can be added later when talking to
Officer, such as actions before incident, things said, bike he rode to the scene, etc.

13. Take 10 Second to analyze this picture:

14. Describe the Picture!
Describe the suspect. Height, Weight, Race, M/F, Age, Clothes, etc
What did the guy have in his hand?
What color tie/shoes?
Was he wearing glasses?
How many ladies were in the group behind him?

15. Before Each Patrol Shift
Have at least two people to patrol
Ensure you have equipment needed:
recorder
pen
paper
forms
flashlight
radio
phone
Have and keep a log of activities of patrol (who you talked to, what streets patrolled, etc..)
Notify someone in charge of your start and end time
Block watch leader
Neighborhood Watch Leader

16. Patrolling Organize your patrol Uniforms Equipment
Three types of patrolling
Foot
Bike
Vehicle
Patrol
Vary routes, times, days
Reporting
Who, What, When, Where, How/Why
Notify
Let Block leader/NWC know of patrolling
Keep log of all activities

17. Contact Information
911
NonEmergency Nashville
Oldhickory.org