Neighborhood Watch
What Is Neighborhood Watch?
-Teaches citizens techniques to reduce the risk of being victimized at
home and in public.
-Trains citizens on the importance of recognizing suspicious activities
and how to report them.
-Teaches participants how to make their homes more secure and
properly ID their property.
-Allows neighbors to get to know each other and their routines so
that any out of place activity can be investigated.
What are the Benefits of Neighborhood Watch?
-It instills a greater sense of security and well-being, and reduces the
fear of crime in our community.
-It brings Law Enforcement and the Community together as a TEAM.
How to set up a Neighborhood Watch?
-50% of your block, both sides of the street, corner-to-corner.
-A printed list of names, address and phone numbers (home and
work) of everyone who wants to be in the group.
-Call the Crime Prevention Office and let them know your list is ready.
-Do not send the list through the mail.
Once you call with the readied list they can schedule a date for the
meeting, during which time they will discuss methods to protect
yourself, your property and your neighborhood, and they will advise
you of what is going on in your neighborhood, as far as crime is
concerned. They will also distribute booklets and pamphlets which go
into these methods in more detail.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
Crime Prevention Unit 376-2401
What Is Neighborhood Watch?
-Teaches citizens techniques to reduce the risk of being victimized at
home and in public.
-Trains citizens on the importance of recognizing suspicious activities
and how to report them.
-Teaches participants how to make their homes more secure and
properly ID their property.
-Allows neighbors to get to know each other and their routines so
that any out of place activity can be investigated.
What are the Benefits of Neighborhood Watch?
-It instills a greater sense of security and well-being, and reduces the
fear of crime in our community.
-It brings Law Enforcement and the Community together as a TEAM.
How to set up a Neighborhood Watch?
-50% of your block, both sides of the street, corner-to-corner.
-A printed list of names, address and phone numbers (home and
work) of everyone who wants to be in the group.
-Call the Crime Prevention Office and let them know your list is ready.
-Do not send the list through the mail.
Once you call with the readied list they can schedule a date for the
meeting, during which time they will discuss methods to protect
yourself, your property and your neighborhood, and they will advise
you of what is going on in your neighborhood, as far as crime is
concerned. They will also distribute booklets and pamphlets which go
into these methods in more detail.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office
Crime Prevention Unit 376-2401
| Copyright BECA 2009 |
Barkley Estates
Community Association
The prevention of crime – particularly crime involving
residential neighborhoods – is a responsibility that
must be shared equally by law enforcement and
private citizens. The fact is, the impact on crime
prevention by law enforcement alone is minimal when
compared with the power of private citizens working
with law enforcement and with each other.
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH is based on this concept of
cooperation, and nationwide statistics prove that it
works. When citizens take positive stops to secure
their own property and neighbors learn how to report
suspicious activity around their homes, burglary and
related offenses decrease dramatically.
The National Sheriffs’ Association created the National
financial assistance from the Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration, to unite law enforcement
agencies, private organizations, and individual citizens
in a massive effort to reduce residential crime. A
work plan emerged for use by sheriffs, police, and
citizens for putting together local neighborhood-based
programs. Since its establishment, NEIGHBORHOOD
WATCH has developed thousands of such local
residential crime prevention programs in which
individual citizens work to 1) make their own homes
and families less inviting targets for crime, and 2)
cooperate with law enforcement through block and
neighborhood groups to control crime through-out the
community. Contact the Jefferson Parish Crime
Prevention Office to set up Neighborhood Watch for
your street.
residential neighborhoods – is a responsibility that
must be shared equally by law enforcement and
private citizens. The fact is, the impact on crime
prevention by law enforcement alone is minimal when
compared with the power of private citizens working
with law enforcement and with each other.
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH is based on this concept of
cooperation, and nationwide statistics prove that it
works. When citizens take positive stops to secure
their own property and neighbors learn how to report
suspicious activity around their homes, burglary and
related offenses decrease dramatically.
The National Sheriffs’ Association created the National
financial assistance from the Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration, to unite law enforcement
agencies, private organizations, and individual citizens
in a massive effort to reduce residential crime. A
work plan emerged for use by sheriffs, police, and
citizens for putting together local neighborhood-based
programs. Since its establishment, NEIGHBORHOOD
WATCH has developed thousands of such local
residential crime prevention programs in which
individual citizens work to 1) make their own homes
and families less inviting targets for crime, and 2)
cooperate with law enforcement through block and
neighborhood groups to control crime through-out the
community. Contact the Jefferson Parish Crime
Prevention Office to set up Neighborhood Watch for
your street.
In 2002 the NSA in partnership with USA Freedom Corps, Citizens Corps and the U.S.
Department of Justice launched USAonWatch, the face of the revitalized Neighborhood
Watch initiative, which represents the expanded role of watch programs throughout
the United States. For more information go to www.usaonwatch.org
Department of Justice launched USAonWatch, the face of the revitalized Neighborhood
Watch initiative, which represents the expanded role of watch programs throughout
the United States. For more information go to www.usaonwatch.org
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