What would you like to see be the emphasis for a Neighborhood Watch program in our neighborhood?
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Please let me know if you feel a Neighborhood Watch program would be beneficial to you. It could be as simple as reminders about safety or as extensive as neighborhood patrols and/or cameras. My feeling is that we should be more on the email reminders side, but I would like to hear from others. Neighborhood Watch is an area where we can work with other organized groups within San Carlos. What does your idea of Neighborhood Watch look like?
Scot