USAOnWatch Publications

Neighborhood Watch: Publications

Forming a Neighborhood Watch group is the first step for every community mobilizing against crime. National Sheriffs' Association's Neighborhood Watch Implementation Manual provides you with information on how to start a Watch group and suggest activities for your group to participate in once it is up and running.

• Neighborhood Watch Implementation Manual  


• Neighborhood Watch Implementation Manual  (Espaņol)  


• Neighborhood Watch Implementation Manual  


• Neighborhood Watch Resources for Native American Communities  

View Sample Neighborhood Watch Documents

NW Toolkit Target Hardning PowerPoint (Spanish)  

UOW Current Issues

is a publication that focuses on specific issues or concerns of Neighborhood Watch Groups. Below you will find our most recent issues.

• Everyday Watch Questions for Officers and Deputies  


• Should Neighborhood Watch Groups Become A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation?  


• Neighborhood Watch Group - Tips on Fundraising  


• Homeowners' Associations and Neighborhood Watch  

Along with acting as the "eyes and ears" of local law enforcement, Neighborhood Watch also encourages citizens to take steps to make their own homes and property less vulnerable to the threat of break-ins and vandalism. The following Neighborhood Watch resource materials discuss steps you can take to help secure your home or business, and your valuables:

• Business Watch Brochure  


• Home Security Inspection Checklist  


• Home Security Inspection Checklist (Espaņol)  


• Home Security Booklet  


• Home Security Booklet (Espaņol)  


• Personal Property Identification Record  


• Personal Property Identification Record (Espaņol)  


• Rural Crime Brochure  


• Rural Crime Brochure (Espaņol)  


• Vacation Checklist Brochure  


• Vacation Checklist Brochure (Espaņol)  

Youth Publication:

Often youth can be just as involved with Neighborhood Watch in their school and after school communities. As a result of a partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America we created the below publication. The purpose of the publication is to reinforce crime prevention concepts and provide ideas for youth programs.

• Watch Out, Speak Out, Stand Out...  

The Citizens' Preparedness Guide provides current crime and disaster preparedness information to give Americans guidance on how to prepare in homes, in neighborhoods, at work, at the airport, in places of worship, and in public spaces.

• Citizens' Preparedness Guide (English)  
  
• Citizens' Preparedness Guide (Espaņol)  

Action Clips:

Though our partnership with Celebrate Safe Communities, NSA and NCPC were able to create some media files that talk about Neighborhood Watch, Business Watch, and CSC.

• Business Watch Public Service Announcement  
  
• Neighborhood Watch Public Service Announcement  
  
• Celebrate Safe Communities Public Service Announcement  (30 sec)  
  
• Celebrate Safe Communities Public Service Announcement  (60 sec)  

Other Publications:

• CERT Brochure    (Community Emergency Response Team)
  
• Citizen Corp Council Guide  
  
• Citizen Corp Council Guide  
  
• Citizen Corp State Liability
  
• FEMA's Herman the Hermit Crab and the Hunt for a Disaster-Proof Shell  
  
• State And Local Responses To Terrorism  

Please check back periodically for new crime and terrorism prevention information.