Neighborhood Watch Info From Jane\'s eMail
Neighborhood Watch Groups At the Lead & Learn presentation Monday night, Officer Harold Millirons presented lots of good information on how to get Neighborhood Watch groups started. There were some neighborhoods who have groups going.
Officer Millirons commented that the biggest reason people don’t report things they see is fear of retaliation. If we want to keep our neighborhood to be safe, those we don’t want in our neighborhoods have to know that someone is watching them. Shooting photos of them, writing down license numbers and reporting them to 911 will help. Even though we’re down so many officers right now and they probably won’t be able to respond, if we will at least call in the incidents, over time, the police department will see areas that need attention.
Again because we are down so many officers right now, the Police Department would like to make the Neighborhood Watch groups self-sufficient. They will be happy to come and speak to help get things started. Neighborhood Watch signs are available through the Police Department’s Crime Prevention office 874-2113.
These are links to websites that help with Neighborhood Watch groups: http://www.usaonwatch.org/&nbs p;& http://www.sherrifs.org/ - search for Neighborhood Watch & http://www.nationaltownwatc h.org/ & http://www.ncpc.org/ - National Crime Prevention Council Officer Millirons suggested the way to being is to identify the tasks, involve local law enforcement, have a kick off meeting (maybe in conjunction with another crowd drawer like a pot luck dinner or National Night Out or a block party), select leaders, train folks and assess the needs. He will be happy to help us get this started. Please be thinking about what your involvement could be and who else could be asked to get involved.
Fire Inspector Bill made a presentation on fire safety in our homes and neighborhood, and answered many questions.
The March Lead & Learn subject will be City Resources. It will be March 6 at St. John’s Episcopal Church at Division and Benton. The program will cover resources available to the neighborhoods including NeighborWoods Tree Planting Programs http://www.springfieldmo.gov/egov/publicw orks/operations/grounds/neighborwoods/index.html (trees available for planting in the neighborhoods) and Solid Waste program (mulch and other gardening supplies) http://www.ci.springfield.mo.us/community/recycling/yrcproduct s.html This will be a pot luck dinner. Caring Communities will provide the protein main dish. Everyone else is to bring a side dish, salad or drink. Please RSVP to Mindy at 888-2020 so she’ll know how many to plan for. Everyone in the neighborhood is encouraged to attend.
Blessings, Jane
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