Neighbourhood Watch

Hallmark August 1988. Neighbourhood Watch by Peter Trotter click Peter & Lilian Trotter for more about Peter

What can you do about crime? Join Neighbourhood Watch, but remember it needs a commitment from you.

Neighbourhood Watch is a collective responsibility assisting the police to prevent crime. It is not, as some people think, a private security group, it does not guard or patrol. It is an awareness to prevent the opportunist thief.

Your commitment should include ensuring doors and windows have good security locks fitted and that all ladders, etc., are locked away. Tell you neighbours when you are away, leave them a key. Mark your valuables (your group can hire the equipment) and keep a list of them in a safe place. Consider fitting an alarm system.

Collective responsibility with your neighbours. What if all the houses in your Street took these precautions - and what if everyone kept a lookout for anything suspicious?? That's the idea behind Neighbourhood Watch. With the whole neighbourhood on its guard, how can a burglar sneak in without being spotted? It is for you all to look, listen and report signs of trouble the moment you see them. Don't wait - act. The more people who do something about crime, the less of it there'll be.

Come on, join your local group now and do something about crime.

To be effective you should display your door sticker showing that you are in Neighbourhood Watch and that your property is post coded. As an additional deterrent, Neighbourhood Watch signs will shortly be erected on all the roads into our two villages.