Crime Prevention
Advantages to Neighborhood Watch
- It’s a proactive step. It helps to keep you from becoming a victim
- Protects people when they are at home
- Protects property when they are away
- Helps keep insurance rates down
- Keeps neighborhoods safer for everyone
How to Start
- Form a small group
- Discuss areas of interest or concern
- Discuss needs
- Discuss level of interest
- Partner with police for training, forms, supplies and more
- Contact as many neighbors as possible
- Schedule a meeting
- Draw a map of the neighborhood
- Develop a phone tree
- Develop an email notification tree
- Elect a coordinator and block captains
Keep Up Interest
- Develop interesting training opportunities
- Meet frequently, but not too frequently
- Learn to recognize suspicious persons or activity
- Learn what information is needed by law enforcement
- Learn how to properly report the information to responders
- Schedule free home insurance inspections
- Have pot-luck socials
- Have ice cream or barbecue socials
- Communicate with one another and develop an “Operation Identification” program
- Have a block garage sale
- Have a block clean-up
- Develop a walking or exercise group
- Have a “unwanted goods” exchange
- Set up a child card co-op
- Use your imagination
Get Involved or Learn More
For additional information, contact Community Services by emailing at communityservices@littleelm.org, or by calling (972) 377-1885.
Additional Information
Click here to download and read the Frisco Hills- Crime Prevention Tips