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Neighborhood Watch  

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  • Neighborhood Watch (NW) is a community policing and crime prevention program designed to reduce crime through more communication between police and individual citizens. Residents are encouraged to report suspicious activities or persons to law enforcement agencies for a quicker response. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Neighborhood Watch]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-H4L0DXJP-H

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