Neighborhood Watch

The Neighborhood Watch program is a collaboration between residents of a neighborhood and law enforcement agencies to increase information flow and reduce crime. One of the intentions of the program is to facilitate neighbors getting to know each other. The program offers a structure, through phone trees and email lists, for disseminating crime and safety information.

The key persons in any Neighborhood Watch program are the Block Captains. These people are an integral component to keeping the neighborhood actively involved in crime prevention efforts as well as the important process of information exchange between neighbors. How successful our Neighborhood Watch program depends on the Block Captains and the support they receive from neighbors.

Grande Park has 9 volunteer Block Captains! The ‘blocks’ are made up of 9-12 adjacent homes. Each Block Captain is responsible for obtaining and maintaining telephone and/or e-mail contact information for each house in their block. When an incident occurs in Grande Park, the victim should (in addition to calling 911) notify their Block Captain. A list of the Block Captains is on the lower right side of this Blog and will be updated as necessary. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO YOUR BLOCK CAPTAIN IS, PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE HOA BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY WILL TELL YOU. I will have a print out of all Block Captains and their respective Blocks at Grande Park’s NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT on August 7th (more to come on that).

Your Block Captain should have all of your contact information. If there is an incident in Grande Park, the Block Captains, utilizing the Telephone Tree, contact their blocks to notify residents of a particular incident. If done properly, this is a very efficient and effective way to help stop and prevent crime in our neighborhood! Please consider participating in this very important program. Contact your Block Captains to be sure they have your most current contact information.