USAOnWatch Publications

Neighborhood Watch: Publications

Forming a Neighborhood Watch group is the first step for every community mobilizing against crime. National Sheriffs' Association's Neighborhood Watch Implementation Manual provides you with information on how to start a Watch group and suggest activities for your group to participate in once it is up and running.

• Neighborhood Watch Implementation Manual (PDF)


• Neighborhood Watch Implementation Manual (PDF) (Espaņol)


• Neighborhood Watch Implementation Manual (DOC)

is a publication that focuses on specific issues or concerns of Neighborhood Watch Groups. Below you will find our most recent issues.

• Everyday Watch Questions for Officers and Deputies (PDF)


• Should Neighborhood Watch Groups Become A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation? (PDF)


• Neighborhood Watch Group - Tips on Fundraising


• Homeowners' Associations and Neighborhood Watch

Along with acting as the "eyes and ears" of local law enforcement, Neighborhood Watch also encourages citizens to take steps to make their own homes and property less vulnerable to the threat of break-ins and vandalism. The following Neighborhood Watch resource materials discuss steps you can take to help secure your home or business, and your valuables:

• Business Watch Brochure


• Home Security Inspection Checklist


• Home Security Inspection Checklist (Espaņol)


• Home Security Booklet


• Home Security Booklet (Espaņol)


• Personal Property Identification Record


• Personal Property Identification Record (Espaņol)


• Rural Crime Brochure


• Rural Crime Brochure (Espaņol)


• Vacation Checklist Brochure


• Vacation Checklist Brochure (Espaņol)

The Citizens' Preparedness Guide provides current crime and disaster preparedness information to give Americans guidance on how to prepare in homes, in neighborhoods, at work, at the airport, in places of worship, and in public spaces.

• Citizens' Preparedness Guide (English)
  
• Citizens' Preparedness Guide (Espaņol)

Other Publications:

• CERT Brochure (Community Emergency Response Team)
  
• Citizen Corp Council Guide (PDF)
  
• Citizen Corp Council Guide (TXT)
  
• Citizen Corp State Liability
  
• FEMA's Herman the Hermit Crab and the Hunt for a Disaster-Proof Shell
  
• State And Local Responses To Terrorism (TXT)

Please check back periodically for new crime and terrorism prevention information.