PRESCOTT VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK WATCH PROGRAM

THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO MAKE CITIZENS AWARE OF A LOCAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK WATCH PROGRAM IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SAME AREA WHO WANT TO MAKE THEIR COMMUNITY SAFER BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

SINCE 1972, THE PROGRAM INVOLVES NEIGHBORS LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND REPORTING SUSPICIOUS OR PROBLEMATIC ISSUES TO THE POLICE. THE RELATIONSHIP THAT POLICE HAVE DEVELOPED WITH THE COMMUNITY HAS PROVEN TO BE A VALUABLE ASSETT IN IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS AND FINDING SOLUTIONS.

THE NEWEST COMPONENT OF THE MODERN NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK WATCH PROGRAM IS THE VIRTUAL BLOCK WATCH PROGRAM, WHERE NEIGHBORS CAN REGISTER THEIR EXTERNAL SECURITY CAMERAS WITH THE POLICE. IF A CRIME OCCURS AND A CAMERA CAPTURES INFORMATION THAT MAY ASSIST POLICE, DETECTIVES WILL ASK THE CAMERA OWNER TO REVIEW THE FOOTAGE IN THAT TIME FRAME.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK WATCH AND VIRTUAL BLOCK WATCH PROGRAMS, PLEASE CALL THE PVPD BLOCK WATCH COORDINATOR, EVELYN SHARMAN, AT 928-772-5113 OR EMAIL HER AT ESHARMAN@PRESCOTTVALLEY-AZ.GOV.