Getting Started with Neighborhood Watch
Springfield Police Department
Crime Prevention Unit
321 E. Chestnut Expressway
Springfield, MO 65802
Phone: 417-874-2113
Crime Prevention
Unit E-mail
Phase 1
Citizens attend one of various training
sessions held throughout the year. These four-hour courses are designed to make each
citizen better prepared to deal with crime in
their community whether they are part of a
watch group or not.
Phase 2
Citizens complete a self assessment of their
homes, make improvements that help
reduce their chances of being burglarized,
and participate in Operation Identification.
Phase 3
Citizens organize to form an active Neighborhood
Watch Group, meeting minimum
requirements to receive the new signs.
About the Neighborhood Watch Signs
The signs were designed to show that Neighborhood
Watch is about the citizens and their
relationship with the police department, not
the sign itself. When people see this sign in
your neighborhood they will know that citizens
there are trained, organized, and active.
These signs are bought with seized drug money and will be provided free of charge by the police department to groups who meet the requirements. If a group does not remain active the signs will be removed from the neighborhood.
Neighborhood Watch Training Session Attendance Form
Neighborhood Watch Public Service Announcement
Springfield Police Department Neighborhood Watch Brochure (PDF)
