Organize a small planning committee of neighbors to discuss needs, the level of interest, and possible community problems. Contact the local police or sheriffs' department, or local crime prevention organization, for help in training members in home security and reporting skills and for information on local crime patterns. Select a coordinator. Ask for block captain volunteers who are responsible for relaying information to members. Work with local government or law enforcement to put up Neighborhood Watch signs, usually after at least 50 percent of all households are enrolled.
Any community resident can join young and old, single and married, renter and homeowner.
Even the busiest of people can belong to a Neighborhood Watch - they too can keep an eye out for neighbors as they come and go. I live in an apartment building. A Neighborhood Watch is neighbors helping neighbors. They are extra eyes and ears for reporting crime and helping neighbors. Members meet their neighbors, learn how to make their homes more secure, watch out for each other and the neighborhood, and report activities that raise their suspicions to the police or sheriffs' office.