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About Neighborhood Watch

Neighborhood Watch is one of the most effective and least costly ways to prevent crime and reduce fear.   It fights the isolation that crime both creates and feeds upon.  It forges bonds among area residents, helps reduce burglaries and robberies, and improves relations between police and the communities they serve.   

Neighborhood Watch consists of neighbors helping neighbors.  They are extra eyes and ears for reporting crime and helping neighbors.  Members meet their neighbors, learn how to make their homes more secure, watch out for each other and the neighborhood, and report activity that raises their suspicions to the police or sheriff’s office. 

Why Neighborhood Watch?

How Does a Neighborhood Watch Start?

Who Can Be Involved?

What Are the Major Components of a Watch Program?

What Are My Responsibilites as a Watch Member?

What Kinds of Activities Should I Be On the Lookout For As a Watch Member?

How Should I Report Incidents?

Other Neighborhood Watch Resource Websites:

http://www.citizencorps.gov/programs/watch.shtm

http://www.oag.state.ny.us/crime/neighborhood_watch/building_a_watch.html

http://www.sheriff.co.shasta.ca.us/neighborhood.html

If you would like more information and/or are interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch in your area, contact:

Crime Prevention Officer Warren DenHartog (262) 657-3937, or email him at watch@kenoshapolice.com

This information was made possible by:

the Kenosha Police Department Crime Prevention Unit http://kenoshapolice.com/Neighborhood%20Watch.htm

and

the National Crime Prevention Council www.ncpc.org