The Nighthawks report on crime in progress, license plate numbers, and other suspicious activities. They also attend court hearings, and testify in some trials. Beverly Neighborhood Citizen Patrol. For the past four years, the Beverly Neighborhood Citizen Patrol has been patrolling its neighborhood in the South Side's 22nd District. Patrols go from 9 pm to 1 am on Friday and Saturday nights, year round.
Volunteers concentrate on such problems as abandoned cars, loitering, and suspicious activity.
For the last two years, the group has used two-way radios to communicate with one another. More recently, volunteers have begun using cellular phones donated by the Beverly Area Planning Association. Because of the large number of people involved in the program, participants have to invest only a minimum of four hours every other month. All rights reserved.