How Do I . . .

Start a Neighborhood Watch Program?

Any interested citizen may establish a Neighborhood Watch Program on his/her street, by taking the following steps:

1. Visit your neighbors and tell them you are interested in discouraging crime in your neighborhood. Ask for their support and involvement, and set a date for a Neighborhood Watch meeting.

2. Contact the Neptune Beach Public Safety Department Crime Prevention Officer Camille Burban at 270-2413 to attend the Neighborhood Watch meeting. Officer Burban can help you organize and explain the program.

3. Distribute letters inviting your neighbors to attend the Neighborhood Watch meeting.

4. At the meeting, neighbors will be encouraged to share their name, address and phone number for use in a neighborhood listing. All participating residents will receive a copy of this listing.

5. Neighbors will receive a Neighborhood Watch manual which explains how to form an individual watch program and what assistance you will receive from the Neptune Beach Public Safety Department.

6. Neighborhood Watch members will receive communications from the Neptune Beach Public Safety Department regarding crime alerts in their neighborhood. Members are encouraged to stay in touch with the department.

7. Each Neighborhood Watch group will set up their own dates, times and places to meet. The group captain may contact Officer Camille Burban about future meetings and request information or express concerns. Officer Burban will act as liaison for the group with the department.

8. The Neptune Beach Public Safety Department provides assistance, free of charge, to those wishing to start a Neighborhood Watch Program.

For more information, contact Officer Camille Burban at 270-2413.

 

Neptune Beach Public Safety Department
200 Lemon Street
Neptune Beach, FL 32266
904.270.2413