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16 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MAY 2020 Neighborhood Watch is a crime-prevention program that brings community members together and teaches them how to make their neighborhoods safer by using basic crime prevention techniques and identifying and reporting suspicious activity — if you see something say something. Supported by the National Sheriffs' Association since 1972, the program encourages residents to act as the "eyes and ears" of local law enforcement and to take steps to make their homes and property less vulnerable to break-ins and vandalism. Many Neighborhood Watch programs, like ours at Four Seasons, provide information not only on how to stay safe, but also act as a means for community awareness by providing guest speakers from Beaumont Water, Beaumont Police Department and even our Public Library. Our main goal is to bring our community members together. Neighborhood Watch programs vary in size of the area covered: Some cover just a few households, others, like ours, cover thousands of homes. Volunteers who donate time and resources are typically at the center of programs because many do not have formal budgets or funding sources. Most are started with assistance from law enforcement. Block Captains ensure information is sent out to everyone in their area as information filters to them. In addition, to provide the most current and correct information to Four Seasons residents, we have a Facebook Page that will provide valuable information to everyone in our community. The name of the page is Four Seasons Beaumont Neighborhood Watch. To join you will be asked a couple of questions to verify you actually live here. We currently have 209 members which includes the Beaumont Police Department who will post information as well. If you have not already joined, please look at doing so to keep you up to date with the most accurate information. Programs typically use street signs to show the program's presence and deter potential offenders, alerting them that the risk of detection and apprehension has increased. Neighborhood Watch meetings are the second Wednesday of each month at 10 am in The Lodge Ballroom and in the RCN at 6 pm quarterly, check for the fliers. The Neighborhood Watch Steering Committee is working on National Night Out where we have representatives from various Law Enforcement Agencies and Elected Representatives. Watch for the 2020 date. ~ Kathy Craven kathycraven@rocketmail.com Neighborhood Watch