Help fight crime by starting this community program in your neighborhood.
How to organize a Neighborhood Watch
- Identify areas to be organized into a Watch group. Areas should be limited to 15 or fewer households.
- Designate at least one resident from the group to serve as Watch Captain. If there are two interested people, the second can serve as co-captain. The captain (and co-captain) will be the contact people between the Watch group and the Centralia Police Department (CPD).
- The program is not overseen or operated by CPD. Watch groups are run by interested neighbors.
- The Watch Captain may advise CPD regarding the date, time, and location of an initial Neighborhood Watch meeting. A police officer or department representative may be able to attend the meeting and bring brochures and current crime statistics. Staff and officers are not always available to attend.
- Metal or plastic street signs identifying the area as a Watch Neighborhood may be purchased by the Watch group from www.nnwi.org. CPD does not provide signage but encourages active groups to put up signs.
- Watch groups are encouraged to hold neighborhood meetings as needed and are encouraged to attend CPD Town Hall meetings when they have additional questions or crime concerns.
- Always call 911 in an emergency.
- Visit http://nnw.org/start to get started
If you have questions, please email Naomi Hursh at nhursh@cityofcentralia.com