By: Andrés R. López

A good neighbor is one of the many ways to facilitate crime prevention; this is a tool that you can use today to prevent crime in your neighborhood.

Neighborhood Watch is a crime prevention program that requires active participation of residents in cooperation with law enforcement to help solve problems, reduce crime, and improve the quality of life in the community.  Neighbors are asked to be the eyes and ears in helping the Evanston Police Department in preventing crime.  Neighborhood Watch is not designed to be a substitute for police protection.  Rather, it is an extension, or enhancement, in assisting the police in making neighborhoods safer for all residents.