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NART

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We dedicate ourselves to becoming part of the community through improved communication, mutual setting of priorities and a shared commitment to our community.

PVEPD Open house

Annual National Night Out

Sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) and co-sponsored locally by Palos Verdes Estates Neighborhood Watch. National Night Out is a great opportunity to get neighbors together for a block party. One of the highlights of the evening is the participation by the Mayor and City Council in a caravan which visits each of the participating blocks in our City. Police personnel, firefighters, paramedics, and PVE Neighborhood Watch board members also take part in the caravan.

If you missed this year, don't worry. We have one every year so be ready to join us!

Southern California Special Olympics

Police Department employees with police vehicle escort participate in the 2008 California Special Olympics Torch Run.

 

Station Tours


The Palos Verdes Estates Police Department conducts station tours. If you would like to schedule a station tour, please contact Community Relations Officer Laurie Slawson at (310) 378-7522.
 

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Neighborhood Watch



From left: Treasurers: Robyn and William Epstein,  Montemalaga Area Coordinator: Mike Diamond,  Co-President: Sharon Ryan, Secretary: Diane Bassett, Police Department Community Relations Office: Laurie Slawson, Valmonte Area Coordinator: Julie Paterson, Malaga Cove Area Coordinator: Steve Friedrich, Lunada Bay co-coordinator: Carolyn Lizdenis, Co-President: Barbara Culver,  Lunada Bay co-coordinator: Soraya Greenway

The Palos Verdes Estates Police Department values its community partnership with Neighborhood Watch to protect lives, property, and the quality of life within our neighborhoods. The Palos Verdes Estates Neighborhood Watch program represents a key part of these cooperative and highly positive connections.

Neighborhood Watch is a community participation program of crime prevention and disaster preparedness. The Neighborhood Watch Program operates in close cooperation with the Palos Verdes Estates Police Department. 

Our Neighborhood Watch organization is broken down into four areas:  Lunada Bay, Montemalaga, Malaga Cove and Valmonte.  Each of these areas is represented at bi-monthly Board meetings by an Area Coordinator who is responsible for organizing their area and making sure each block has a block captain.  Information is passed down to block captains who then share it with the residents in their neighborhood.

The objectives of Neighborhood Watch are:
 

  • To prevent crime by improving security, increasing vigilance, and creating and maintaining a caring community in an effort to reduce the opportunities for crime.
     
  • To assist the police in detecting crime by promoting effective two-way communication  and the prompt reporting of suspicious and criminal activity.
     
  • To enhance police/community partnership by providing effective communications through systems such as the Neighborhood Watch Block Captain Program.  The Palos Verdes Police Department Neighborhood Watch Liaison communicates with Block Captains via e-mail to report crime alerts and crime logs which they may then disseminate to their Neighborhood Watch members.  Block Captains and NW members keep the lines of communication open by apprising the police of incidents or quality of life concerns as they occur.
     
  • To encourage every block to hold an emergency preparedness meeting to inform residents on how to survive in a disaster.  Contact the Police Department’s Community Relations Officer at 310 378-4211 for assistance in organizing a meeting.

If you are interested in joining Neighborhood Watch, drop by the Police Department and obtain an application available in the foyer.  The annual membership fee is $5.00 and entitles members to receive crime alerts and crime logs via e-mail.

For questions or to request an application by mail, please contact Laurie Slawson, PVEPD Neighborhood Watch Liaison at 310 378-4211 Ext. 2118 or e-mail her at lslawson@pvestates.org.

NART

If a severe emergency should hit our City, the ability to communicate with all departmental entities by the Emergency Operations Center at City Hall is vital. Officials might also have to contact other South Bay cities for mutual aid. Finally, there is a need for the various City and county agencies to communicate with one another. The systems that are in place to accomplish all these needs will quickly become overwhelmed when a large-scale emergency hits. Fortunately, the City has a group of Amateur Radio Operators (Hams) who have been trained to help solve these problems. The group is called the Palos Verdes Estates Neighborhood Amateur Radio Team or PVE/NART for short. The City and Neighborhood Watch group have provided funding for the complete VHF/UHF Ham stations in City Hall and PVE Police Department Mobile Command Unit that can act as a back up Emergency Operations Center if City Hall becomes unavailable.

We have the organization and we have the equipment. However, we need more operators. If you are a licensed ham and could help, please call Community Relations Officer Domonique Franklin (378-7522, ext. 1) or E-mail Bryant Winchell. There are no dues and the demand on your time will be minima l– about 30 minutes a week after being trained on your equipment. In his State of the Union message, President Bush urged all U.S. Citizens to donate 4000 hours of volunteer work over his/her lifetime. He called it the "U S A Freedom Corps." Here is one way you can meet that challenge. Your support could make the difference if (when) a disaster hits. If you would like to help but do not have a ham license, there are classes offered locally to help you pass the FCC tests. Knowledge of Morse code is no longer necessary for some classes of license. Details will be provided if requested.

 
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