DETROIT (WJBK) - In the past five days, Detroit has had 8 murders and 33 non-fatal shootings. With crime rates getting out of control, one group is implementing a plan that they say can help Detroit.
This crime mapping site started in Baltimore in 2007, and now is in most major cities, as well as the United Kingdom and Canada. Today, it’s the most visited crime-mapping site in the United States, says founder Colin Drane.
Our new Neighborhood Watch signs are officially going up. Have you seen them yet? They are so bright and eye catching; they will certainly let the bad guys know they are entering a Watched neighborhood. Want to see the Watch's blue and white Eyeball in your neighborhood? Rally your neighbors and get a meeting scheduled.
As residents throughout Ocean and Monmouth counties continue to be the victims of a recent spike in home burglaries, people in Jackson have started working with police to try to make their community less inviting to criminals.
Jackson police Sgt. John Convery said police have started to see a significant increase in the number of people who want to get involved in a neighborhood watch program.
LAKE HELEN -- The city is quiet and quaint but it has its share of petty crimes, so Waedene Masters says a neighborhood watch is just the right thing to keep the small-time criminals away.
Masters, 69, is the curator of the Lake Helen Museum in City Hall
More and more people are getting involved in neighborhood watch programs. Participation usually follows a rash of crime in their neighborhood and they decide it is time to fight back. One man's involvement stemmed from a petty theft.
To state the obvious — not to mention ripping off and paraphrasing one of Hollywood's most memorable lines — Curtis Foster was mad as heck when he saw an intruder leaving a neighbor's house, and he wasn't going to take it anymore.
The first of six 2012 meetings for Calvert County’s Neighborhood Watch brought words of caution and encouragement. The meeting was held Monday, Jan. 9 at the Prince Frederick Holiday Inn.
Calvert County Sheriff’s Department Detective Greg Cameron reported that the latest data available to local law enforcement is showing a slight decrease in crime in the county. Another officer, Sgt. Sciana Roach of the Maryland State Police (MSP), reported progress in closing several recent cases.
AUBURN — After a significant increase in burglaries in 2011, the police department and community have been working together to keep Auburn’s streets safe. The spike in home break-ins in town has led to the formation of neighborhood watch groups and an increased vigilance in deterring the thefts.
A watchful teenager played a major role in the apprehension of a Jones County man arrested Tuesday for burglarizing 18 churches in four counties.
