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Neighborhood Watch
Neighborhood Watch has been a part of crime prevention since prevention programs first began nearly 25 years ago. Today this program has increased importance for our city. As Tavares grows rapidly, our population is getting spread out over a greater area. More and more people, new to the area move in every month. The police are getting busier and crime potential is rising with the increasing development. Neighborhood Watch is a cooperative effort between the police and citizens to help prevent crimes from occurring. It focuses at the neighborhood level.
What Neighborhood Watch requires from each citizen is very minimal. Primarily all we ask is that each person become more aware of their own neighborhood and call the police immediately with any suspicious activity they see. The neighborhood becomes the eyes and ears for the police department.
Tavares Community Resource Officer helps teach residents how to better secure their homes, increase personal safety through prevention techniques and how to prevent thefts at home, work and in the community. Both police and the community get to know each other better through Neighborhood Watch. The biggest plus may well be that neighbors who join a watch group, they actually get to know each other! Events unrelated to crime prevention often grow out of these groups. Such as block parties, holiday celebrations and even neighborhood outings to sporting events, or other activities are common benefits of an organized neighborhood.
Anyone can organize a Neighborhood Watch Group. The groups need only to hold two official meetings a year. A Police Officer will attend these meetings. The first meeting is an informational meeting about the Neighborhood Watch program and the free services offered by the Tavares Police Department. The second meeting can be about any crime prevention/police related topic that the group is interested in. If anyone is interested in starting a group in their neighborhood, all they need to do is to call the Tavares Police Department at 742-6424.
What Neighborhood Watch requires from each citizen is very minimal. Primarily all we ask is that each person become more aware of their own neighborhood and call the police immediately with any suspicious activity they see. The neighborhood becomes the eyes and ears for the police department.
Tavares Community Resource Officer helps teach residents how to better secure their homes, increase personal safety through prevention techniques and how to prevent thefts at home, work and in the community. Both police and the community get to know each other better through Neighborhood Watch. The biggest plus may well be that neighbors who join a watch group, they actually get to know each other! Events unrelated to crime prevention often grow out of these groups. Such as block parties, holiday celebrations and even neighborhood outings to sporting events, or other activities are common benefits of an organized neighborhood.
Anyone can organize a Neighborhood Watch Group. The groups need only to hold two official meetings a year. A Police Officer will attend these meetings. The first meeting is an informational meeting about the Neighborhood Watch program and the free services offered by the Tavares Police Department. The second meeting can be about any crime prevention/police related topic that the group is interested in. If anyone is interested in starting a group in their neighborhood, all they need to do is to call the Tavares Police Department at 742-6424.
