Board of Directors Caroel Bassett, Bobbi Patton, Ed von Breyman, Sharon Ryan, Kiran Samuels, Karin Jones

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.

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