NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

• NEIGHBORS GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND WORKING TOGETHER IN A PROGRAM OF MUTUAL ASSISTANCE.
  
• CITIZENS TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE AND REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES
  
• CRIME PREVENTION TECHNIQUES SUCH AS RESIDENTIAL SECURITY AND OPERATION IDENTIFICATION.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
Contact Chief Ernest Cook
(330) 675-2508

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How can we help?

TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS

• Canvass your neighborhood

• Discuss crime problems in your area.   Briefly explain the value of Neighborhood Watch programs.

• Ask about convenient times to schedule your initial Neighborhood Watch meeting.

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

What is it?

• Neighborhood Watch is a network of neighbors trained in home and self-protection, suspect identification and how to serve effectively as additional eyes and ears for law enforcement agencies in their communities.

• Neighborhood Watch works effectively at the block level because people can easily see, recognize, and cooperate.  They can see and hear what activity is taking place across the street, next door, or at the property to the rear.  They can most likely recognize persons or vehicles as belonging to or not belonging in the neighborhood
  

• Neighborhood Watch does not require frequent meetings.
• It does not ask that anyone take any personal risks to prevent crime.
• Neighborhood Watch leaves the responsibility for apprehending criminals where it belongs - with your law enforcement agency.

• Neighbors can let each other know when they will be away for the day, evening, weekend, or on vacation, and thereby establish a targeted watch during absence.  For extended periods of absence, neighbors can take turns making sure the absent neighbor's home does not gradually take on signs of an unoccupied dwelling.  The residents in a block know better than anyone else what is usual or unusual, normal or suspicious.  Therefore, they are the most effective source to provide authorities with helpful information.