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Decades ago crime rates across the U.S. increased at an alarming pace. Citizens and law enforcement agencies focused on developing crime prevention programs to help reduce this growing trend. In 1972 The National Sheriff’s Association organized the National Neighborhood Watch Program. This pilot program was funded by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice and was designed to enlist the participation of citizens with law enforcement to help reduce and prevent crime.
Since then Neighborhood Watch has become one of the most effective means of fighting crime in our communities. This is because you and your neighbors are the ones who really know what is going on in your area, most likely to be the first to see a crime and call for help, and are in the best position to:
Neighborhood Watch is an organized group of citizens devoted to crime and vandalism within a neighborhood. Neighborhood watches are not a vigilante organization. Their purpose is to report suspicious or criminal activities to their local law enforcement agency. Reasons to start a neighborhood watch group is as follows: