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The Neighborhood Watch program is based on the core concept of neighbors helping neighbors. It utilizes citizen involvement by tapping in their awareness and familiarity with their own neighborhoods. As a result, they are able to assist police officers with the protection of their neighborhood by calling the station at the first sign of suspicious activity.
Neighborhood Watch groups help preserve the excellent quality of life to which residents of West Allis are accustomed. We maintain contact with the groups through a Neighborhood Watch Newsletter, which is published monthly and distributed to individual homes by the block captains. Through the Newsletter, we keep citizens informed about current crime problems facing the city and list crime prevention tips. Currently, there are a total of 470 Neighborhood Watch groups located throughout the city with a total of 13,500 homes participating in our program.
If you wish to start a Neighborhood Watch group in your area, please call the Crime Prevention Bureau at (414) 302-8050. An officer will explain the program and mail information to you. When you are ready to schedule your meeting, please call and we will provide invitations that you can pass out to your neighbors. The Neighborhood Watch meeting can be held at your home, the Police Department or another location in your neighborhood.
The initial Neighborhood Watch Meeting will last about 45 minutes. After the meeting, stickers will be distributed for the doors and windows of homes and metal warning signs will be posted on the light poles in your neighborhood. The Neighborhood Watch signs and stickers are not only a warning for criminals, they are a reminder for you and your neighbors that you belong to a Neighborhood Watch group and that you should call the police department whenever you see something suspicious.
Additional Home Security or Self Protection meetings are available upon request. At a Home Security meeting our Crime Prevention Officer will show you how to secure your home and hopefully prevent a crime before it occurs. A Self Protection meeting offers tips on how to avoid becoming the victim of a street crime. This meeting can be very useful on a local level as well as for travel abroad.
Neighborhood Watch Block Captains become the contact and liaison for the Police Department, enlist the help of neighbors to carry out the program the Block Watch program and distribute Crime Prevention Newsletters each month.
Remember, you know your area much better than the average police officer. If you see something that you feel is suspicious, I can guarantee the Police will also feel it is suspicious - call and report it!
Neighborhood Watch Newsletters
