neighborhood watch
noun
: an organization of neighbors who pay special attention to each other's houses in order to prevent crime
—often used before another noun
a neighborhood watch group/program
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Last year, Mayor Eric Adams rolled out a plan to address retail theft, calling for policy changes, a dedicated task force and a neighborhood watch group.
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Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Bernal is also geared up to revive neighborhood watch programs, which had around 200 groups at one point, but the numbers have dwindled over the years with less than a dozen left.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
This the exterior of our primary residence, and our rescue puppy Bosco, doing some neighborhood watch.
—Dani Benton, Contributor, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
Her plan includes increasing foot and bike patrols, bolstering neighborhood watch and expanding pathways for community members to become officers.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
He was essentially stalked by the captain of a local neighborhood watch patrol.
—Cedric Dark, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
The ripple effect of alarm and paranoia brings out neighborhood watch groups to patrol the streets at night.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
Some residents want to form a neighborhood watch, while others are taking quotes from private security companies to patrol the streets outside their multimillion-dollar homes.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
However, a few months before the movie’s July release, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teen, was killed by George Zimmerman, a member of his own neighborhood watch.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 2 May 2024
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Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Bernal is also geared up to revive neighborhood watch programs, which had around 200 groups at one point, but the numbers have dwindled over the years with less than a dozen left.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
This the exterior of our primary residence, and our rescue puppy Bosco, doing some neighborhood watch.
—Dani Benton, Contributor, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
Her plan includes increasing foot and bike patrols, bolstering neighborhood watch and expanding pathways for community members to become officers.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
He was essentially stalked by the captain of a local neighborhood watch patrol.
—Cedric Dark, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
The ripple effect of alarm and paranoia brings out neighborhood watch groups to patrol the streets at night.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
Some residents want to form a neighborhood watch, while others are taking quotes from private security companies to patrol the streets outside their multimillion-dollar homes.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
However, a few months before the movie’s July release, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teen, was killed by George Zimmerman, a member of his own neighborhood watch.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 2 May 2024
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