What is Neighborhood Watch?

Neighborhood Watch is a "team" approach in which the Livermore Police Department works hand in hand with you and your neighbors to reduce crime in our community. Statistics and criminals alike verify that when neighbors organize, the opportunity for crime is drastically reduced. Our Community Outreach Unit is available to assist you in starting and maintaining your Neighborhood Watch. Join the team and help to contribute to the safety of our community.

How Do I Start a Neighborhood Watch?

• Concentrate your initial effort by organizing those neighbors with whom you have occasional contact.
• Talk with your neighbors and tell them that you are starting a Neighborhood Watch. Ask which evenings your neighbors are available. Generally, meetings are conducted in the evening hours.
• Tell your neighbors that you will notify them when a meeting is scheduled. If you need a location for your meetings, ask if neighbors can offer their homes. Alternative locations which can be arranged include local schools, places of worship and libraries.
• Each Neighborhood Watch Group must have a Block Captain. Block Captains serve as a liaison between the Police Department and the Neighborhood Watch Group.
• Next, email our Community Outreach Unit at CommunityOutreach@livermoreca.gov to inform LPD of the Block Captain name and contact information.
• An all-hands meeting with Block Captains, Livermore Police Volunteers, and LPV COP (Community on Patrol) will be held in February, April, June, August, and October. These meetings are designed to unit our community, provide training topics, and provide a platform for Q&A.

How Do I Keep My Neighbors Involved?

Keep the problems away by keeping up with meetings. The continued interest and involvement of your neighbors is crucial to the success of your Neighborhood Watch. While holding periodic crime prevention meetings is important, gathering only to discuss "gloom and doom" topics may cause a loss of interest. Introducing a variety of activities into your Neighborhood Watch provides a welcome change of pace.

National Night Out

National Night Out is a nationwide event that promotes police & community partnerships. For more information please click the link below.

• National Night Out 

Tips on how to keep your home safe while you are away on vacation:

• Use variable automatic timers on a few lights and a radio to give the impression that someone is home.
• Avoid putting your vacations plans on the internet, including social media and automatic email responses.
• Have a neighbor or friend pick up newspapers and mail.

The object is to make your home looked lived in and cared for while you are away.

The Livermore Police Department and the City of Livermore do not assume any liability for your residence during specified dates. Vacation Checks are not to be used as a substitute for security measures. Volunteers do not go into backyards or pick up mail/newspapers. Checks are front yard perimeter checks only and there is no guarantee that a Vacation check will be done. Our Volunteers will do them as staff and time permits. If the volunteers notice something suspicious they will call dispatch and have a Police Officer respond for further investigation.

Complete the Vacation House Watch Request Form on our Citizen RIMS page. Here you can fill out the Vacation Watch form, register your residential camera system or check crime statistics for the City of Livermore.

If you have further questions, please contact the Crime Prevention Unit.

Do you currently utilize private video surveillance at your home or business? If so, we would like to hear from you.

Video surveillance is one of the best methods for apprehending criminals and convicting suspects who are caught in the act of committing a crime. Installing and sharing video surveillance is a great example of community-police partnerships.

If you would like to tell us that you have video surveillance and allow officers to contact you, should a crime occur in or near where your cameras are installed, we would like for you to let us know by filing out the secure registration form.

Complete the Volunteer Video Surveillance Camera Registration Form and you will be redirected to our Citizen RIMS page. Here you can fill out the Camera Registration form, apply for the Vacation Watch program or look at crime statistics in the City of Livermore.

NOTE: Cameras can be mounted on private property only. They cannot be mounted on telephone poles, street poles or other City sign poles (street signs, directional signs).

Cameras can be positioned to capture anything you can see with your eye. They cannot be directed into private areas such as residential windows.

If you have further questions, please contact the Crime Prevention Unit.