P.O. Box 73521, Metairie, LA 70033-3521
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH REPORT
TIP: Always call 911 from a land line if possible, this way your location automatically shows up in the 911 system.
Functions of Neighborhood Watch
• Teaches residents techniques to reduce the risk of being a victim of crime at home or in public.
• Trains residents on the importance of recognizing suspicious activities and how to report them.
• Teaches residents how to make their homes more secure and properly ID their property.
• Enables neighbors to get to know each other and their routines so that any “out of place” activity can be reported.
The Benefits of Neighborhood Watch
• Instills a greater sense of security and reduces the fear of crime in our neighborhood.
• Allows neighbors to get to know each other. Having a good relationship with your neighbors can dramatically impact overall safety and security of your home.
• A few pointers: Good Neighbors look out for each other by report suspicious activities to proper authorities when you are away.
• Do small tasks for each other to build trust such as pick up your newspaper and mail while you are away and return all favors and communicate often.
THE BENEFITS OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
- Instills a greater sense of security and reduces the fear of crime in our neighborhood.
- Brings law enforcement and residents together as a team.
- Allows neighbors get to know each other.
A Few Pointers:
- Good neighbors look out for each other by reporting suspicious activities to proper authorities when you are away.
- Do small tasks for each other to build trust such as pick up your newspaper and mail while you are away and return all favor and communicate often.
Vacation Travel Safety at Home
- Get an automatic timer for your lights
- Turn down the ringer on your phone
- Arrange for a neighbor to get your mail and remove flyers from your door daily or call the post office and ask them to hold your mail until you return.
- Keep your shades and blinds in their normal position.
- Ask a neighor to park their car in your driveway
- Arrange to have your grass mowed
- Make sure all your door and window locks are in working order. If you have an alarm system test it and turn it on
- Call JPSO and let them know you will be on vacation and to have a police unit to patrol your home while you are away. The 4th District phone number is 504-883-7340
- PARTICIPATION – 38 OF THE 54 BLOCKS IN BISSONET PLAZA - WE NEED MORE BLOCK CAPTAINS TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD – TO BECOME A BLOCK CAPTAIN EMAIL ME AT neighborhoodwatch@bissonet.org – PAUL HODGES
- POLICE CALLS – EVERY MONTH IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, CALLS HAVE DECLINED
- MOST CALLS TO POLICE (911) HAVE BEEN FOR SUSPICIOUS PERSONS
As a retired Commander of the Community Relations/Crime Prevention Unit of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (for 27 years)
I recommend that people leave their outside lights on at night. Burglars and thieves do not want to be seen. IT COSTS VERY LITTLE ELECTRICITY TO LEAVE A LIGHT ON IN THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF YOUR HOUSE FROM DUSK TO DAWN—SET THEM ON A TIMER. At least put the porch light on all night. Drive through Old Bissonet and New Bissonet at 9 p.m. and see how dark it is. People with shrubbery around their houses will have extra darkness because the shrubbery conceals the light from the street lights.
Coleen Perilloux Landry
Colonel, JPSO (Retired)
Remember - Crime and Beautification are definitely
correlated. A neighborhood that is not well kept could invite unscrupulous
visitors as per the National Crime Prevention Council. When walking in the
neighborhood, please pick up litter along the way.