DANVILLE- We are once again encouraging all the residents of Hendricks County communities to start or renew a Neighborhood Watch Program.

This community-based crime prevention program is a simple and direct approach toward protecting our community from criminal attacks. The program involves the reduction of criminal opportunity through citizen participation in crime prevention measures, such as being alert and aware and reporting suspicious and criminal activity.  

Since its establishment by the National Sheriff’s Association, Neighborhood Watch has developed thousands of local residential crime prevention programs in which citizens work to make their homes and families less inviting for crime and to cooperate with law enforcement through block and neighborhood groups to control crime throughout the community.  

Preventing crime in our neighborhoods is a responsibility that needs to be shared by law enforcement and private citizens. Through neighborhood watch programs, citizens are decreasing their chances on becoming victims and I encourage all communities to get involved.

Anyone interested in starting or renewing a Neighborhood Watch Program is asked to contact Deputy Dan Parrott at the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department for more information at  (317) 745-6269.