You are invited to join us on January 26, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in the Conover Police Department’s training room for the first official meeting of the Pipers Ridge Community Watch program.

Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and best-known crime prevention concepts in America. Every day, we encounter situations calling upon us to be the eyes and ears of law enforcement. A Neighborhood Watch is a group of neighbors who are willing to communicate with each other and pass along information to each other and law enforcement when needed. The group will be educated in crime prevention and will watch for suspicious activity and report this activity to the police. Neighborhood Watch does not require citizen patrols.

Not only does the Neighborhood Watch Program allow citizens to help in the fight against crime, it is also an opportunity for neighbors to get to know each other and create a stronger neighborhood.

Our Conover Police Department encourages, supports, and assists with local community watch programs. They have graciously offered to let us use their new facilities downtown for our community watch meetings, and also for our homeowner association meetings. For more information on Conover’s other community watch areas, visit www.ConoverNC.gov.