In a time when resources are limited, law enforcement is looking for ways to have more eyes and ears on the ground in our communities. That is why we are teaming up with neighborhood crime watch groups to help prevent a crime from being committed in Luzerne County as well as track those committing crime and get them off the streets in a timely manner to prevent any further harm.
Those communities who have established neighborhood crime watch groups regularly assist law enforcement, which includes simple tips on suspicious activity in neighborhoods, suspicious individuals selling drugs from their homes and locations of wanted individuals, just to name a few.
If you would like to start a neighborhood crime watch in your neighborhood, the following sites offer guidance on simple start up steps as well as training, documents and the purchase of new signs to place throughout your community: