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- Auto Burglaries are on the Rise
in Frisco – Don’t be a Willing Victim!
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- • NEVER leave the keys in your vehicle
- • ALWAYS LOCK the doors, even when you are away from the vehicle
for a short time
- • REMOVE/HIDE ITEMS (purses, CD's, backpacks, money, “pull-out”
steroes or stereo faceplates, etc.). If you have to leave them put them
in a place that is out of view (in the trunk or under the seat)
- PARK IN YOUR GARAGE or in your driveway or near your house so that the
vehicle can be viewed periodically
- • PARK IN LIGHTED AREAS or install lighting if needed
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- Frisco Neighborhood Watch is a group of concerned citizens watching
their neighborhoods to help prevent crime as the police department cannot
effectively police the community without citizen assistance.
- FNW members act as additional “eyes and ears” of the Frisco Police
Department (essential!).
- FNW promotes a non-confrontational approach to crime prevention in the
neighborhoods.
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- 501(3)c Non-Profit Organization
- Frisco Police Liaison/Facilitator – Officer Monts
- FNW Board of Directors – Dave Schackmann President
- District Coordinators (in the case of an apartment community this often
times is an apartment staff member)
- Block / Building Captains
- Citizens (YOU!)
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- Designation of District Coordinators & Block/Building Captains
- FNW & FPD provides police reports/crime information, facilitates
monthly meetings and participates in local meetings in an effort to keep
citizens informed
- Block/Building Captains sends reports/info out to residents in their
respective areas of responsibility
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- Block/Building Captains are a very important part of the Frisco
Neighborhood Watch (FNW) organization. Quite frequently Block/Building
Captains are the only direct contact neighbors have with the
organization.
- In order for communication to flow effectively to and from residents,
citizens need to feel the Block/Building Captain is interested and
available to hear their comments/concerns.
- Visit with new residents to inform them about Frisco Neighborhood Watch
and encourage their participation and membership.
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- The number of Block/Building Captains will depend upon the size of the
neighborhood and the number of residences on each street or in each
apartment building.
- In some neighborhoods, Co-Block Captains share responsibility for a
block. In others, a Block Captain may be responsible for more than one
block. As a rule, a Block Captain
can be most effective with a limited number of households, possibly 10
to 15.
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- Frequently check the Frisco Neighborhood Watch website at www.frisconeighborhoodwatch
and CrimeWeb.Net for the most up to date crime reports, stats and
related information. These websites are a great source of information
that can be passed on to your neighbors as well.
- Distribute meeting flyers and newsletters to the block residents as
needed (notifications can be done via email).
- Communicate with FNW and FPD as needed regarding crime and other
incidents that have occurred in your community.
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- Complete/submit application to police department (last page of FNW
Overview packet). Generally speaking the approval process takes between
one to two weeks (notification will be made by email)
- Meet your neighbors - Consider hosting a meeting or other event (i.e.,
block party) to help kick-off neighborhood watch
- Determine a best way to provide your neighbors with information by
establishing either an email group and/or calling tree so to allow you
to send crime prevention tips, reports and helpful information
concerning your area to the neighborhood
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- Learn to prepare a
neighborhood list that will work for you
- (an email group is great for
this as well)
- Learn observation (awareness)
and crime prevention techniques
- Learn how to tell if something
is suspect
- Learn what information to
collect before calling police:
- What happened?
- Time and place?
- Was anyone hurt?
- Description of suspect(s) and/or vehicle(s)
- License plate number
- Suspect direction of travel
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- A copy of the list can be
given to everyone that is on the list.
Be sure to request that they do not give copies of the list to
anyone else, especially someone that might want to use it for business
purposes.
- Minimum information needed:
- Residents Name
- Residents Address
- Residents Phone #
- Residents E-Mail Address
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- Anything that is out of the ordinary or out of place is suspect.
- When something makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, it’s
probably time to call the police. We have a built in “early warning
system” to alert us to danger.
- Trust your instincts – be safe rather than sorry and make the call.
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- In order to do our part, we all must:
- If necessary, change the way we view crime and our role in preventing
and reporting it.
- Look at how we live our lives on a day to day basis in an effort to
identify habits or circumstances that put us at a greater risk of
victimization.
- Always be aware of our
surroundings.
- Get to know our neighbors.
- Take active steps to make ourselves and our homes a harder target
(i.e., keep garage doors closed,
etc.).
- Trust our instincts and never hesitate to contact the police anytime we
see something suspicious.
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- Officer Robert Monts
- Community Services Officer
- Frisco Police Department
- Rmonts@friscotexas.gov
- (972) 262-6139
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