California farmers band together via Farm Watch to combat agricultural crime

Farm Watch provides both law enforcement officers and community members various opportunities for cross-training. Member volunteers, like their Neighborhood Watch counterparts, learn how to protect their properties and to document and report suspected criminal behaviors. They also are taught to recognize the signs of a rural crime scene (e.g., discarded coffee filters soaked in alcohol, cold medicine packaging, or old batteries, or chemical odors wafting from fields or disused barns, which indicate possible methamphetamine activity).

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