Neighborhood Watch

General Information
What is the Neighborhood Watch (NW) program? NW is a crime prevention program which enlists the active participation of residents in cooperation with local police to prevent and reduce crime in your home town. The program is structured so that each neighborhood (Bellshire, Amberlea, Cardona, Glenmore, Colebrook, etc.) will have its own Captain and meetings. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office and the Mountain House NW organizers are currently looking for volunteers in several neighborhoods to take on the role of Neighborhoood Captain.

The Captains
The role of the captain is to coordinate the activities of the NW program in their neighborhood.

Captains will be responsible for: Note: captains have no police powers.
 * Scheduling their neighborhood meetings.
 * Meeting with residents.
 * Collecting their contact information.
 * Communicating with law enforcement and the CSD about known issues.
 * Disseminating information to the residents of the community.
 * Maintain their respective wiki page.

Meetings
Each captain will maintain a schedule of meetings in their respective neighborhood. The MHCSD has offered to allow, free of charge, use of the MHCSD meeting rooms for the NW meetings. Captains will need to reserve the room in advance. The frequency of the meetings will be up to the captains and participants.

Additionally, captains are expected to participate in captains meetings periodically to keep up with events and policies regarding the program.

Wiki Pages
Each neighborhood will its own page in the wiki for keeping track of NW related information for that neighborhood. Captains will be responsible for keeping their page up to date.

= Has Captain

Find Your Village

Coordinating with Sheriffs Department
Bill Hughes is the San Joaquin County's Abatement Coordinator, and our point of contact with the Sheriff's Office with regards to our Neighborhood Watch program. He will be available periodically to attend meetings, and assist residents with getting their programs started. Bill is a great resource if your group has an issue in need of a solution.

Bill's Info:
 * [mailto:billhughes@sjgov.org billhughes@sjgov.org]
 * (209) 468-4430 (office)
 * (209) 601-3491 (cell)
 * (209) 468-4167 (fax)
 * 7000 Michael N. Canlis Blvd
 * French Camp, CA 95231-9781

National Night Out
National Night Out is Scheduled for August 6th, 2013

Please see the National Night Out page for details

Press

 * Resetting a neighborhood watch Tracy Press, 12 Jan 2008

MHVillages Discussion

 * Neighborhood Watch