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Report an Incident
If you have seen a suspicious person/vehicle or
have had an incident happen around your house/block, please click below.
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 A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH is an
organized effort by concerned residents to look out for each
other's safety, and to help law enforcement officers protect
people and their homes against criminals. It shows people
how to cooperate with each other, and with police, in a
common cause -- safe homes and neighborhoods.
Working together, neighbors learn how to safeguard each
other's homes and reduce the risk of crime. They become more
alert to unusual or suspicious circumstances, individuals,
or vehicles. They learn that it is better to call the police
when they see something suspicious, even if their suspicion
proves unfounded, rather than to keep quiet and risk letting
a neighbor be victimized by criminals.
Goals of the Neighborhood
Watch Program:
- Increase Citizen's
awareness of burglary and other neighborhood crime through an
information program.
- Train citizens in the
means of better property security & assist them in making their
property more secure.
- Encourage all citizens
to cooperate with Police in reporting crime.
- Participate in Operation
Identification.
Some helpful tips from Neighborhood
Watch:
- Calling the Police-Non
Emergency Phone number 865-215-2444
- Let your
block
captain know
- What the Police need to
know:
- What happened? Where?
When? How? Who did it?
If a vehicle was involved:
- What was the license
plate number? Color? Make? Model? Year? Which way did it go?
- How many people in the
car? Were they armed? What was their sex? Race? Age? Height?
Hair Color? Clothing? Shoes? Any unusual Characteristics?
- Did they say anything?
- Give your Name and
address.
Look for these Signs:
- A stranger entering a
neighbors home that appears unoccupied.
- Anyone looking into
parked cars or removing parts, gasoline or license plates.
- Breaking glass,
gunshots, screams or abnormally barking dogs.
- Anyone loitering around
the neighborhood.
- Anyone going door to
door, trying to open doors.
- Anyone carrying
unwrapped property at an unusual time or running while carrying
property.
- Any vehicle cruising
slowly back and forth on the street.
- Any abandoned vehicle on
the street.
- Anyone sitting in a
parked car, especially at an unusual hour, outside a home or
talking to a child.
- Anyone forced into a
vehicle.
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