Block Watch Captain Program Information. Larry is here, we’re all safe.
Neighborhood Watch is simply a group of neighbors willing to cultivate relationships and communicate regularly to help reduce incidences of crime in their neighborhood. Each group is educated in general crime prevention, how to safely observe suspicious activity, and how and when to report the activity (first to the Police and then to each other).
Neighborhood Watch is:
- Neighbors coming together to help prevent neighborhood crime
- A community and Police partnership
- Learning and practicing Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
- Learning to identify suspicious activity and report to Police and neighbors (when appropriate)
- Neighbors who all live on the same street or within line of site (generally)
- Five (5) to twenty-five (25) neighborhood families
Neighborhood Watch is not:
- Armed citizen patrols or vigilante justice
- Residents encouraged to take risks to prevent or interrupt crimes
- A program that guarantees no crimes will occur in a neighborhood
- A political group
- A neighborhood association or neighborhood organization
- A law enforcement entity
In many of today’s communities, relationships have become less personal than they were in the past. Families are more transient, people are often away from home, and more families have both parents working. Neighborhood Watch is one way communities can work together to watch for suspicious activities and report them (when appropriate) to the Police.
The Neighborhood Watch Handbook:
View the Neighbor Watch Handbook (2011) which includes:
- Starting a Neighborhood Watch
- Maintaining and managing a Neighborhood Watch program
- Neighborhood Watch participant responsibilities: Block Captain, Group Members
- Home Security
- Business Watch program
- Robbery Prevention Strategies
- And more!
Neighborhood Watch Handbook
Neighborhood Watch Appendix
Block Captain Forms:
block_captains_memorandum_of_understanding
Security Contact Information
Colorado Springs Police Department
911 (emergency)
719-444-7000 (non-emergencies)
719-444-3111 (anonymous Vice/Narcotics Info [VNI] tip-line)
Code Enforcement: https://coloradosprings.gov/codeenforcement
Homeless Outreach Team: https://cspd.coloradosprings.gov/content/homeless-outreach-team
- Phone: 719-444-7666
- Email: CSPDHot@springsgov.com
The CSPD website is full of great information and resourcers
- File police reports
- Report suspicious activity
- File a code enforcement complaint
Emergency Notification System
Register your home, work or cell phone number with the Emergency Notification System. Below is more information on the system and how the program works.
To register click here.
The El Paso-Teller County Emergency Notification System is used to alert you of emergency situations that are a threat to life or property, or situations that are deemed dangerous by public safety officials. This may include, but is certainly not limited to, man-made disasters, hazardous materials incidents, missing persons, crime, or neighborhood/business evacuation notifications.
You will receive time-sensitive messages wherever you specify, such as your home, mobile or business phones, email address, text messages and more.
It is important to note that during an emergency you should use as many forms of communication as possible to stay informed. Stay tuned to news broadcasts, radio stations, social media websites, weather radios, etc. Do not put your safety at risk waiting for a phone call/notification to be told what to do. If at any time you feel that you are in danger you should take whatever action you feel is necessary to get yourself to safety.
For problems registering please email: ensadmin@elpasoteller911.org
* It is recommended that you register as an individual rather than as a household as notifications will stop once a user confirms receipt of the message.
