Neighbourhood Watch

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Neighbourhood Watch
Association of St. Albert

• Working Together to Prevent Crime

www.eyewatch.info
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MissionStatement

• Neighbourhood Watch is a community based program.
• Neighbourhood Watch provides a means of reducing
  the opportunity for crime to occur through active
  participation of citizens working together in a
  crime prevention program that will provide a more
  secure and safe place to live every day.

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Method

• Coordinated effort between the community and
  police.
• Taking ownership of your Neighbourhood by getting
  to know your Neighbours.
• Reducing opportunities for crime to occur.
• Encouraging awareness and reporting any
  suspicious
• activities in your Neighbourhood.

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Organization

• Police Coordinator (R.C.M.Police)
• Board of Directors
• Area Leader
• Block Captain
• Watch Member

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PoliceCoordinator

• Provides the expertise necessary for initiating
  the program and monitoring it.
• Develops program guidelines, establishes target
  areas and supplies resource material
• Establishes training programs on how to identify
  and report any suspicious activity

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The Boardof Directors

• The Board of Directors is a volunteer group whose
  primary function is to develop the various
  programs and assist in their implementation.

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The Boardof Directors

• President
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• 5 Board members
• Police Liaison

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Area Leader

• 17 Residential areas in St. Albert
• One or more Area Leaders for an area

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Duties of an Area Leader

• Maintain liaison with the Board of Directors
  and/or Police Coordinator
• Monitor the progress of the program in their zone
• Recruit Block Captains and community members
• Promote the program to the community

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The Block Captain

• Coordinates the activities of the citizens who
  join Neighbourhood Watch on their block or
  territory
• Welcomes new neighbours and provides information
  about Neighbourhood Watch

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The Block Captain

• Encourages participation and serves as a liaison
  between watch members and Police
• Promotes incentives for watch member to monitor
  and report suspicious activity in their
  neighbourhood

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Watch Members

• Neighbours helping neighbours to prevent criminal
  activity from happening in their neighbourhoods

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What can I do?

• Think about your own protection
• Record and mark your property so it can be easily
  identified if stolen
• Secure obvious points of entry
• Notify neighbours when you are away

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Record your possessions

• Make a list of items in your home
• Mark your operators license number on valuable
  items with an engraver
• Take photographs or make video recordings of
  individual items
• Store the property list and photos in a secure
  place, where a fire wont destroy it

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Home Security

• Secure all obvious points of entry to your home
  (doors and windows)
• Install break resistance shielding or bars on
  windows accessible from the ground (basement
  windows)
• Install good quality dead bolt locks on doors

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NotifyNeighbours

• Let neighbours know when you will be away
• When neighbours know you are away they will not
  ignore unusual activity at your home

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The Good Neighbour Policy

• Neighbours can help make your home appear as if
  someone is home
• Check and take in mail, trash cans, newspaper
  etc.
• Check your home, turn lights on and off
• Cut the lawn, look after pets

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Two WayStreet

• The Good Neighbour Policy works both ways
  especially when dealing with suspicious
  activities that appear in your neighbourhood

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Look afteryour Neighbours

• Be aware of what is going on in your
  Neighbourhood
• Report any criminal or suspicious activity to the
  police at 458-7700 or 911 in emergencies
• Dont worry about bothering the police - your
  report could stop or solve a crime

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Howto report

• Call the police
• Identity yourself as a Neighbourhood Watch member
• Give your name, address and phone number
• Describe what happened with as much detail as
  possible

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Howto report

• Report any injuries
• Description of suspicious person(s)
• Description of Suspicious vehicle(s)
• Stay on the phone until advised by police

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SuspectIdentification
Even at a distance certain features will assist
police in an investigation Sex, Age, Clothing
are all important in locating and identifying
suspects
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Vehicle Identification

• Try to obtain as much information as possible

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Follow-up

• If you dont receive a follow-up report from the
  investigating officer, contact your block captain
  or area leader to check into the occurrence.

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AnEye Catcher

• If you see something different or out of the
  ordinary, but dont feel it is something you
  would report to the police, make note of it on
  an incident report and pass it on to your block
  captain.

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NeighbourhoodWatch Works

• Encourage People to become Members
• The system works best if at least 50 of the
  homes on your block participate
• Break-ins usually occur at the rear or side of
  residences. Your neighbours have the best view to
  these vulnerable points
• Neighbourhood Watch doesnt cost
  anything or take much of your time

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STOP
CRIME
BEFORE YOU ARE A VICTIM
JOIN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH