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Neighborhood WatchBy Richard Willing, CoordinatorLeilani Estates continues to be one of the safest subdivisions in Hawaii to live in thanks to our many dedicated Watch patrol volunteers who drive our streets and report suspicious vehicles and activities that they see every day.We will continue to organize the monthly community garage sale for the first Saturday of each month, continue to hold our monthly meetings the last Tuesday of each month, continue to send our an electronic newsleter each month, and again will host our semi-annual community potluck/BBQ in February that EVERYONE should attend. We are always recruiting Patrol members and need everyone that lives in Leilani to be a volunteer member of our Watch Patrol to help us keep our community safe. An hour a week (days) or an hour a month (nites) is all it takes to help us out, so please talk to a Patrol neighbor, come to our monthly meeting, or contact us at: leilaniwatch@live.com to join. Our Neighborhood Watch volunteers are an extension of the Leilani Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) that will be training hard to be prepared to assist our community in the event of an emergency. Part of the CERT training will be to 'know your neighbor' -- to create a registry of every home in Leilani based on emergency needs and capabilities from resident CPR/first aid training and size of catchment tanks available, to whether anyone in the household currently requires mobility assistance, so we will be visiting you to kick off this effort. The CERT brochure can be downloaded here.Our monthly flyer is put out by Neighborhood Watch and lets residents know what is happening in the community. The monthly Neighborhood Watch newsletters are listed below.
I Am a Neighborhood WatchBy Lieutenant James Sanborn(Taken from a presentation given on April 27, 2002, at the “Solutions 2002: Neighborhoods in Action” Conference.)I AM A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. My birth certificate is the date a community decides to have me. I am basically conceived to provide citizens an opportunity to address crime and the fear of crime that threatens their community’s well being. Today’s lifestyles can contribute to community isolation and weaken civic ties. I am the opportunity for you and your neighbors to prevent or break this cycle, and in the process build your community into a safer, friendlier, and nice place to live. I am a strategy that can be used for many things and involve lots of people. I have been successful in the communities of Leilani Estates, Ocean View, Kaumana Caves, and Kealakehe, to name a few. I can be found in rural areas, subdivisions, cul-de-sacs, agricultural areas, towns and cities.I am a strong and committed group of citizens wherever I am! I search for a “safe and secure” environment in every program or project I undertake and I am busy at this very moment building a better tomorrow today!! I am a meeting at a government facility, church, school, business, or in someone’s home, built with love and sweat. I am a farmer, a salesman, a retiree, a Christian, a Buddhist, a grandparent, a senior citizen, a teenager, and someone who’s trying to be a contributing member of society after having chosen the wrong path in life. I am a letter to a Council member, government agency, business, or neighbor pleading for assistance to address a problem impacting the community’s quality of life. I am growing through all that I undertake. I am never a loser!! I am about roles and responsibilities, communication, planning, training, mobilization, and seeking out resources. I am neighborhood and park cleanups, teen dances, home security checks, finding solutions to traffic problems, collecting toys, clothing and food items for the homeless, organizing after-school activities, helping crime victims, reclaiming playground areas from drug dealers, and task forces that influence policy-makers I am S.A.R.A., a problem-solving model, and CPTED, an environmental approach to crime prevention. I am committed to making Hawaii a nice place to live! Be proud, be great, be still, and know I AM A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. For More Information Contact: |
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