| The setting up of neighborhood watch groups is not | | | | ingenuity by the local citizen liaison at local sheriff's |
| an easy thing to do and it is not so easy as you | | | | department.Even if people do not volunteer for the |
| might expect to find volunteers either. Everyone | | | | neighborhood watch group but they did see a flier in |
| wants to live in a city or county with very low crime | | | | the mail alerting them that a neighborhood watch |
| however, getting people to volunteer for | | | | group is forming, they are more likely to report |
| neighborhood watch group is difficult, as people are | | | | suspicious activities. Additionally some of the families |
| very busy or they do not want to be involved in any | | | | may have teenagers who are in gangs and they will |
| way, shape or form with the criminal elements.One | | | | tell their friends that this particular neighborhood now |
| way we have found that works well for setting up | | | | has a neighborhood watch and they will tell them not |
| neighborhood watch groups is to use direct | | | | to crime in that area saying it is a; "Bust."Direct |
| marketing through the mail. It is not really that | | | | marketing and direct-mail for neighborhood watch |
| difficult and it does not cost that much. Additionally, | | | | groups works. It helps with public relations and also |
| we have found some direct-mail companies like | | | | recruiting volunteers. Perhaps you might consider this |
| money mailer who were willing to put the flyers in | | | | for your neighborhood watch group in your city. |
| their direct-mail packages for business in a given ZIP | | | | Think on this in 2006. |
| code for free. We were congratulated by our | | | | |