Neighborhood Watch

What is Neighborhood Watch?

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Neighborhood Watch is a crime prevention program operated by residents of the City of Cotati, with the support of the police department.  Its purpose is to create an alert citizenry by teaching residents simple crime prevention measures, and by providing both general and specific information concerning crime in each neighborhood.

Neighborhood Watch encourages residents to familiarize themselves with the activities of their neighborhood by, for example, knowing who works during the day, which automobiles belong where, recognizing people who belong in the area, and noting those who do not.   This basic knowledge, together with a few precautions, will prevent many crimes in our city.

Additional crimes will be prevented if residents will take time to properly secure their homes, record serial numbers through the "Operation Identification" program, jot down license numbers of strange cars cruising around a neighborhood, and report all suspicious persons to the police.

As a participant in the Neighborhood Watch program, you will become better acquainted with your neighbors.  A prime goal of Neighborhood Watch is to provide a way for one neighbor to help another by keeping a watchful eye on the other's property.  We believe the Neighborhood Watch program is a powerful means of combating all types of criminal offenses in residential areas.

It is a proven fact that neighborhood crime prevention programs reduce crime.  If you want to reduce the odds of your being a victim in your own home or neighborhood, persuade your neighbors to join you in the Cotati Neighborhood Watch program.   Stopping crime is everyone's business.  If you do your part in neighborhood crime prevention, you'll be doing yourself and your community a big favor.

For further information about the Cotati Neighborhood Watch, call:

The Cotati Police Department at:  (707) 792-4611

write:

Cotati Police Department, 203 W. Sierra Av., Cotati CA 94931

or e-mail requests for information to cparker@ci.cotati.ca.us.