Month: August 2022

I. If you are concerned about crime in your neighbourhood and wish to implement a
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH program in your area, you must first contact the Police
Services Community Relations or Crime Prevention Bureau. If there is a program
already organized in your area, you will be referred to the local program representative
who will assist you in getting involved.

II. If there is not a program ongoing in your area, you should follow these steps:

1. Canvass your neighbourhood to determine how many of your neighbours are as
   concerned as you, and those who are interested in participating in the program. This
   may be done by contacting them in person, distributing pamphlets door to door or by
   mail delivery.
2. After this has been completed and you are confident you have neighbours interested
   in participating, arrange for a meeting place large enough to hold your group or arrange
   for a zoom information session.
3. Contact the Police Liaison (crime prevention officer) to arrange a mutually agreeable
   date and time for the meeting.
4. Establish a map outlining your NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH boundaries, dividing your area into blocks,
5. At the meeting, the Police Liaison will explain the NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH concept,
   Home Security Audit, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), and the
   method of reporting incidents to the Police Services. Your purpose of the meeting will not only be to convey this information to your neighbours, but also to identify Block Captains and Assistants for those Blocks not having a volunteer. One volunteer on each block will ensure at least one candidate for Block Captain or Assistant. Once the above steps are completed, check with the local Police Service or local representative of Neighbourhood Watch in your area as to the requirements needed for recognition of the Neighbourhood Watch program.
   Neighbourhood Watch is different in each community, in some the Police Services Liaison will require complete residents list and in others, the names of the Watch Coordinator and Block Captains are sufficient.

III. Time and houses:

We try to get 50% of the houses in the area to participate but that is not a hard and fast rule.

When you think you have enough buy in to cover the desired area the we can look into booking a meeting.

There is a 3 month wait period to ensure the group is going well prior to us contacting the city.

一、如何开始邻里守望计划
I. 如果您担心附近的犯罪并希望实施您所在地区的 NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH 计划，您必须先联系警方服务社区关系或预防犯罪局。如果有程序已经在您所在地区组织，您将被转介给当地的计划代表谁将协助您参与。
二、如果您所在地区没有正在进行的计划，您应该按照以下步骤操作：
1. 调查你的邻居以确定你的邻居有多少像您一样关心，以及那些有兴趣参与该计划的人。这个可以通过亲自与他们联系、挨家挨户分发小册子或通过邮件派送。
2. 完成后，您确信您有邻居感兴趣在参与时，安排一个足够大的聚会场所来容纳您的团队或安排对于缩放信息会话。
3. 联系警察联络员（预防犯罪官）安排双方同意的会议的日期和时间。
4. 建立一张地图勾勒你的邻居WATCH 边界，将您的区域划分为块，
5. 会上，警务联络员会讲解邻里守望概念，家庭安全审计、通过环境设计预防犯罪 (CPTED) 和向警察部门报告事件的方法。

您的会议目的不仅将这些信息传达给您的邻居，同时也用于识别街区队长和那些没有志愿者的街区的助手。

每个街区的一名志愿者将确保至少一名街区队长或助理候选人。

完成上述步骤后，检查与您所在地区的当地警察局或当地邻里守望代表联系，以认可邻里守望计划所需的要求。
每个社区的邻里守望都不同，

在某些社区警察服务联络员会需要完整的居民名单，在其他情况下，需要观察协调员和街区的姓名队长就够了。

三、时间和参与的房屋

该地区 50% 的房屋参与进来，但这并不是一个硬性规定。
当您认为您有足够的支持来覆盖所需区域时，我们可以考虑预订会议联系警察联络员。
在我们联系城市之前，有一个 3 个月的等待期，以确保团队进展顺利。