NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

First please let me introduce myself, My name is Liz Herbert, I am the Neighbourhood Watch Manager for Reading and I have worked for Thames Valley Police for nearly 11 years. I look after all matters relating to Neighbourhood Watch Schemes. We currently have over 765 NHW schemes in Reading.

Neighbourhood Watch is a group of residents working in partnership with Thames Valley Police and other agencies to make their communities safer. The size of a scheme is between few or 100 houses. It depends on the area where you live.

In order to start a NHW scheme in your area, you need a person to be a co-ordinator, a person who gels the scheme together, a point of contact for the members and Thames Valley Police. Your scheme co-ordinator will receive crime information via “Ringmaster” which is passed onto the members.

It is very important that NHW schemes inform Thames Valley Police of any issues or concerns their Neighbourhood is experiencing.

If you are interested in making your community safer and starting up a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme please contact Liz Herbert on 0118 9536250.