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Crime
Prevention
The "cornerstone"
of APD's crime prevention effort is our Neighborhood
Watch Organizing Program. We have over 2000 neighborhoods
in Albuquerque participating in the program, and we
would like to organize (or "reorganize")
your neighborhood on a block-by-block basis.
Initially, we look for
someone who would be willing to host in their home
an organizing meeting for their block. If you would
like to be a host, follow this procedure:
1. Talk with some of
your neighbors on your block to see if there is general
interest in participating in a Neighborhood Watch.
2. If so, and if you are willing to host the initial
organizing meeting, call us to schedule at 924-3600.
We will then work with
you to set up the meeting. (Toward the end of the
organizing meeting, the neighborhood will officially
select someone to be the BLOCK CAPTAIN, who is our
contact person with the group from that point onward.)
We have a wide variety
of activities for organized Neighborhood Watch groups,
ranging from participation in the annual National
Night Out celebration the first Tuesday of each August,
to your Block Captain's option to join the Albuquerque
Block Captain's Association (ABCA).
The Albuquerque Block
Captain's Association was formed on June 1, 1985.
Any block captain of a Neighborhood Watch group organized
through APD Crime Prevention is eligible to join.
The ABCA conducts two informational/business conferences
each year and publishes its own newsletter, "The
ABCA Alert." The ten-page twice-per-year publication
is sent ABCA members and contains a variety of crime
prevention information. For more information, please
contact APD Crime Prevention at 924-3600.