NCJ Number
130718
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 39 Issue: 6 Dated: (June 1991) Pages: 58-62
Date Published
1991
Length
5 pages
Annotation
The implementation of the Neighborhood, Business, Senior Citizen, and Mobile Watch programs in Honolulu is described.
Abstract
In response to increasing crime rates, neighborhood residents, senior citizens, and business people organized into watches. About 26,000 homes in 300 separate neighborhoods organized into a fixed neighborhood watch as a direct extension of the Honolulu Police. The senior citizens have about 830 members in 44 registered groups in the county. The business watch numbers 320 commercial establishments, and the neighborhood watch is growing by 600 homes per month. Some 450 cars, trucks, and buses have drivers equipped with radios and cellulars to report crimes in progress. Due to increasing vandalism, a new neighborhood school watch is being organized. The main drawback of the watches is control. The program's next challenge is a data reporting system to tell members how many crimes have been reported by its members. 3 photographs