Responsibilities
Crime Prevention Officers
- Coordinate the Neighborhood Watch program
- Train block captains and residents
- Maintain an updated list and area map of all participants in the Neighborhood Watch program
- Meet with block captains to discuss neighborhood issues and develop strategies to address them
- Distribute information to block captains
- Encourage neighborhood and block-by-block activities such as meetings, parties, and service projects
- Are accessible to relay information among neighbors and block captains
Block Captains
- Maintain an updated list of all block residents
- Distribute information door-to-door to residents, such as emergency phone numbers
- Attend block captain meetings with the police department
- Channel information between the Crime Prevention Officer and residents
- Are accessible to answer questions from residents and relay important information to and from the Crime Prevention Officer
- Encourage block activities, such as meetings, parties, and service projects
Residents
- Are involved
- Get to know neighbors
- Notify block captains if they are going to be away from home for an extended period
- Notify police of any suspicious activity
- Notify block captains of any residents needing assistance
- Attend neighborhood meetings
- Implement suggested security measures
- Participate in neighborhood activities
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