Chalet-Peyton Woods Community Association

Neighborhood Crime Prevention

Neighborhood Crime Prevention: A Joint Responsibility

The prevention of crime-particularly crime involving residential

Neighborhoods-is a responsibility that must be shared equally

by law enforcement and private citizens. The fact is, the impact

on crime prevention by law enforcement alone is minimal when

compared with the power of private citizens working with law

Enforcement and with each other. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH is

based on this concept of cooperation, and nationwide statistics

prove that it works. When citizens take positive steps to secure

their own property and neighbors learn how to report suspicious

activity around their homes, burglary and related offenses

decrease dramatically.