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jplinville · #4 07-14-2012, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by qwerty

Went to a Neighborhood Watch meeting a couple of weeks ago. The sherrif's department explained their "House Watch" program. You just tell them when you are going on vacation and they check your house daily. The described how the officers on the night shift spend at least half of their time checking houses. They have to get out of their car and walk around the house, checking doors, etc.

So…if a burglar wants to know who is on vacation, all he needs to do is follow the night beat officer around and the officer will show him plenty of houses where nobody is home. All compliments of the local taxpayer.

I'm a member of our neighborhood watch. In our area, since we trust each other as much as we do, we call the captain, and leave him a copy of our keys if we leave town (which for my family, is about once a month). Two people, mainly retired or night shift workers, keep an eye on the area, making semi normal walks in the neighborhood at differing hours of the night. When on the walk, they'll come into the house, and turn some of the lights on for you, if you so desire, then lock everything back up.

This area may not look like the safest around, but it's the safest neighborhood I've lived in...and I've lived in some really nice areas.

However...we can't seem to get the cops to spend the time in the area with the neighborhood kids. I doubt the cops know the kids' names. That being said, we rarely see a cruiser in the area.