Introduction:
Welcome to the El Centro Police Department's Nighborhood Watch web site. Around the country, neighbors for three decades have banded together to create Neighborhood Watch programs. They understand that the active participation of neighborhood residents is a critical element in community safety - not through vigilantism, but simply through a willingness to look out for suspicious activity in their neighborhood, and report that activity to law enforcement and to each other. In doing so, residents take a major step toward reclaiming high-crime neighborhoods, as well as making people throughout a community feel more secure and less fearful.
This is very simple ...we need you as much as you need us.
In addition to valuable information, we will inform you of how to volunteer at our Police Department through our Volunteer Program called PAX.
But why Volunteer ? - Well, in many jurisdictions around the country, volunteers in the community have offered their time and skills services to law enforcement agencies. These citizen volunteers help supplement and support officers and civilian personnel by allowing them to concentrate on their primary duties. Volunteer roles may include performing clerical tasks, serving as an extra set of "eyes and ears," assisting with search and rescue activities, and writing citations for accessible parking violations.
Please visit every link on this web site. And if you have any questions, please contact us. All of our contact information is available from the Contact Us link on the main page.