Neighborhood Watch

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Neighborhood Watch is a FREE program provided by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office. This program part of the San Juan County Sheriff’s Neighborhood Awareness Program (S.N.A.P.) and is an opportunity to promote mutual understanding between citizens and law enforcement.

Join our fight against crime by starting or joining a Neighborhood Watch program. You are the extra eyes and ears of Law Enforcement. We will teach you how to observe and report suspicious activity. Through our mutual communication, we can make your community a better and safer place to live.

The Neighborhood Watch program requires a minimum of two volunteers to oversee your Watch Group:

• Squad Leader/Chairperson
• Squad Leader/Communication Leader

The best crime prevention device is a good neighborhood. The security steps you and your neighbors take as a group are just as important as the things you do individually.The Neighborhood Watch program operates on the concept that effective crime prevention requires cooperation with law enforcement. Neighborhood Watch is “neighbors looking out for the welfare of their neighbors.” It is a coalition of citizens who are concerned about the neighborhood where they live and are willing to become involved in the betterment of their community.

It is only by working together that we can truly be effective in our fight against crime. We in law enforcement can do a lot to prevent crime, both through intense patrol efforts and educational programs. however, all this can be ineffectual if you do not do your part to deny the criminal the opportunity to commit a crime.

It takes three ingredients to make a crime: desire, ability, and opportunity. Take away any ingredient and the recipe will fail; there will be no crime. Properly locked doors, neighborhood awareness, reporting suspicious persons or activity, identifying your valuables, all deprive the would-be criminal of an easy target.

If you are interested in becoming a Squad Leader (Block Leader) for your Neighborhood please click here to download an application.  Or contact:

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

For additional information, please contact the Community Relations Division at (505) 334-6107.