What to Look For
Check your neighbourhood for things that might contribute to crime, like poor street lighting, abandoned cars, vacant lots littered with debris, boarded up buildings, and high shrubbery and bushes.
An important responsibility of Neighbourhood Watchers is to report anything suspicious to the police.
Look for:
• Someone running from a car or home.
• Someone screaming. If you can’t determine what the screams are for, call the police and report it.
• Someone going door-to-door in the neighbourhood or looking into windows and parked cars.
• A person who seems to have no purpose wandering in the neighbourhood.
• Any unusual or suspicious noise that you can’t explain, such as breaking glass or pounding.
• Vehicles moving slowly, without lights, or with no apparent destination.
• Business transactions conducted from vehicles. This could involve the sale of drugs or stolen goods.
• Offers to sell merchandise at ridiculously low prices. It’s probably stolen.
• Property carried by persons on foot at an unusual hour or place, especially if the person is running.
• Property being removed from closed businesses or residences known to be unoccupied.
• A stranger entering a neighbour’s home or apartment that appears to be unoccupied.
• A child resisting the advances of an adult.
Stay alert and aware of activities in your neighbourhood. Pay attention to particulars that separate your report from something that is very general (i.e. license numbers, colours, height and weight of person, age, scars, and type of clothing make your information valuable).
Check your neighbourhood for things that might contribute to crime, like poor street lighting, abandoned cars, vacant lots littered with debris, boarded up buildings, and high shrubbery and bushes.
An important responsibility of Neighbourhood Watchers is to report anything suspicious to the police.
Look for:
• Someone running from a car or home.
• Someone screaming. If you can’t determine what the screams are for, call the police and report it.
• Someone going door-to-door in the neighbourhood or looking into windows and parked cars.
• A person who seems to have no purpose wandering in the neighbourhood.
• Any unusual or suspicious noise that you can’t explain, such as breaking glass or pounding.
• Vehicles moving slowly, without lights, or with no apparent destination.
• Business transactions conducted from vehicles. This could involve the sale of drugs or stolen goods.
• Offers to sell merchandise at ridiculously low prices. It’s probably stolen.
• Property carried by persons on foot at an unusual hour or place, especially if the person is running.
• Property being removed from closed businesses or residences known to be unoccupied.
• A stranger entering a neighbour’s home or apartment that appears to be unoccupied.
• A child resisting the advances of an adult.
Stay alert and aware of activities in your neighbourhood. Pay attention to particulars that separate your report from something that is very general (i.e. license numbers, colours, height and weight of person, age, scars, and type of clothing make your information valuable).