Neighborhood Watch Program
One of the best ways to prevent crime in residential neighborhoods is to organize a Neighborhood Watch Program. Neighborhood Watch groups are not difficult to organize.

You can request information packets from the Irvine Police Department Crime Prevention Unit during regular business hours. Share the information with your neighborhood. They, in turn, provide information to the police.

Neighborhood Watch participants' duties include arranging for a home security survey, practicing operation identification, exchanging identification with neighbors, reporting all crimes and suspicious activity to the police, and participating in passive patrol in your neighborhood. Watch group participants should never attempt to arrest an offender.

To learn more about the program, or to obtain an information packet, contact the Irvine Police Department Crime Prevention Unit at 949-724-7079.