block watch
Local safety volunteers
Block watch is an organized effort by neighbors to monitor their street or area for suspicious activity and report it to police.
Also called neighborhood watch.
The program encourages residents to look out for each other's property and safety: Our block watch group meets monthly at the community center.
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- vigilantKeenly aware of danger
- safetyFreedom from harm
- safe streetsPublic passages free from threat
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- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- Community Lifetraditions, neighborhood, customs, village, festivals
block watchpolice department
Official law enforcement body
law enforcement · police patrol · private security · security firm · federal agents
block watchapathy
Absence of feeling
bystander effect · uninvolvement · looking the other way · willful ignorance · isolation
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