The fundamental purpose of a neighborhood watch program is to reduce crime and the fear of crime.  The primary methods are training people in crime prevention techniques and helping them to work together in crime prevention activities.  In this way, residents become more responsible for their own needs and break down the isolation which makes people strangers among their own neighbors.  This contributes to neighborhood stabilization and revitalization and produces a friendlier, more caring neighborhood.

 Neighborhood Watch deals with crimes prevalent or recurring in the neighborhood and with a larger picture of neighborhood needs.  It helps the citizens and Public Safety to attain mutual goals of crime prevention.  Citizens learn to properly identify and report suspicious activities in their neighborhoods.

 Contact Ryan Wimberley at 248-2038 for further information on the city's Neighborhood Watch program.