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Recommendation to direct City Manager to implement a Dog Walker Watch program as part of the City's current Community Watch Program and report back to City Council within 90 days.
DISCUSSION
The City of long Beach Police Department is always in need of the public's assistance in keeping a watchful eye in the community. With over 63,000 dog owner households in the City, implementing a Dog Walker Watch program would convert many of those walkers to "extra eyes and ears" for the Police Department. Dog walkers can be a valuable resource in helping to make our community safer.
The idea is that while residents are out taking their dogs on walks through their neighborhoods, they can also be trained to watch for suspicious activity that police have been asking people to report.
The Dog Walker Watch (DWW) is a crime awareness program sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW). There are dozens, if not hundreds, of dog walkers throughout the community who are often preoccupied with texting, chatting, emailing, and phone calls during their neighborhood walks. Dog Walker Watch trains these individuals on how to effectively observe and report criminal activity.
The National Association of Town Watch (NA TW) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of various crime prevention programs including neighborhood watch groups, law enforcement agencies, state and regional crime prevention associations, businesses, civic groups, and individuals, devoted to safer communities. The nations premiere crime prevention network works with law e nforcements>ffjcia Is and civilian leaders to keep crime watch volunteers informed, interested, involved and-motivated,
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no significant cost for this item.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
DEE ANDREWS
COUNCILMAN, SIXTH DISTRICT
LENA GONZALEZ
COUNCILWOMAN, FIRST DISTRICT
SUJA LOWENTHAL
VICE MAYOR, SECOND DISTRICT
DARYL SUPERN...
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