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In reply to the discussion: Do YOU support the concept of the "Neighborhood Watch"? [View all]appleannie1
(5,435 posts)10. If it is done correctly there is nothing wrong with it. Every neighborhood has a busybody anyway.
Being part of neighborhood watch just gives them an excuse to call the police if they see something. They are actually trained in what is suspicious and what is not suspicious and in no instance are they supposed to confront the actor. All they are supposed to do is call police and report. They are trained in what information the police will need to do their job better. Simple. What Zimmerman was doing was not being a neighborhood watch, it was being a cop wannabe without the authority. He was on his own and is giving the neighborhood watch program a very bad name.
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That is the entire purpose of Neighborhoos Watch...Being aware and calling the authorities
rustydog
Mar 2012
#69
What Zimmerman was doing is not really what the Neighborhood Watch program is about. n/t
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#3
That's what I think. I've never heard of a Neighborhood Watch doing what he was.
IndyJones
Mar 2012
#53
Our watch consists of leaving our porch lights on and calling when we see shady characters who look
Warpy
Mar 2012
#6
There is nothing wrong with the principals of the neighborhood watch. 1) No weapons. 2) No
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#7
Would you testify if it was a case of someone being physically assualted and/or killed?
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Mar 2012
#34
If it is done correctly there is nothing wrong with it. Every neighborhood has a busybody anyway.
appleannie1
Mar 2012
#10
I am generally opposed to the nanny state and any quasi-official extensions thereof.
grasswire
Mar 2012
#11
A girl I was dating was mugged in front of her own apartment in a "sketchy" neighborhood
onenote
Mar 2012
#64
Next time they may be breaking into your place since they already did your neighbors and got
Raine
Mar 2012
#80
in California, neighborhood watch seems to mean 'keep your eyes open', not form a militia, march
Liberal_in_LA
Mar 2012
#23
I agree. Also if the neighborhood watch did any good, why all the break-ins there?
sinkingfeeling
Mar 2012
#37
I support it, and note that Florida's FAILED TO STOP ZIMMERMAN MONTHS AGO WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE.
saras
Mar 2012
#47
Not in an organized fashion, no. Too many wannabe cops and busybodies for the veneer of
TheKentuckian
Mar 2012
#49
Our neighborhood watch isn't like that at all. Eveyone reports strange stuff to the police
IndyJones
Mar 2012
#52
Our neighborhood watch caught a ring of drug dealers who were targeting the local high school.
dkf
Mar 2012
#56
If people are properly trained and follow their training, I have no problem with it.
onenote
Mar 2012
#61
