Question about Neighborhood Watch Programs

[SoutherDem]

How organized are they? Do they normally take turns patrolling the neighborhood? My father is "president" of his neighborhood watch which means nothing. He was the one who got the neighbors to participate. They never meet, they don't patrol, they don't follow any suspicious people. They simply call the police if they see someone acting suspicious.

When they had their first and only meeting it was with the Chief of Police who instructed them no not follow anyone, simply call the police with as much information as possible, description of the person, cars being driven and if you are just suspicious or if something is really happening.

What is normal?

[AngryOldDem]

1. I organized one where I used to live.

And what you describe is pretty much the same as what I experienced.

The sheriff's Neighborhood Watch deputy came out and gave a crime prevention talk to the neighbors. That was pretty much it.

The key is knowing who lives around you, and what is normal for your neighborhood, especially during the day. Given that most people are away during that time, it's hard. Where I live now, a neighbor compiled a list of those who live immediately around us, with contact numbers for where we can be reached during the day.

I don't think you need an organized Neighborhood Watch program to keep an eye out for one another.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. I'll bet like a snowflake, and now those flakes have a Rosetta stone, or at

least in Florida . And as I point out to 2nd amendment advocates, this only heightens fear of gun toter's by ALL citizens .