The Block Watcher program, a cooperative venture of police and citizens, has proved an excellent crime deterrent. Citizens are given a one hour training session by the police, a short briefing on activities to notice, etc., and are then given a special telephone number at police headquarters which they use to report suspicious activities,
Training sessions are given at intervals throughout the year. If you are interested, leave your name at the SDCC office, Vo. 2-5122, and you will be notified when the next training session is held.
Block watchers are not publicly identified. They do provide their blocks with a crime-preventing service, since they are alerted to watch for suspicious activities. This is a city-wide program. Information can be obtained from SDCC, the Police-Community Relations Office and the Women’s Crusade Against Crime.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1972.
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