Crime Watch Tips

Crime prevention is the practice of identifying and removing the opportunity for crime to occur.

Unfortunately, and especially with the economy as it is, the holidays coming, crime will occur.  An eye opener:  Honest, hard working folks wake up to go to work daily, criminals wake up and go to work as well!!!  Make it as hard as possible for the criminal.  Here are some "Common Sense" Crime Prevention ideas:

• Make sure all your doors and windows are locked.
• Keep garage doors closed even while doing yard work.
• Do not keep items in unattended vehicles.
• If you have a security (alarm) system, use it.
• If you must leave a key outside for someone, venture beyond the obvious and find an uncommon location, reducing the opportunity for the wrong person to find a key. The best rule is to not leave a spare key anywhere as most criminals will be able to find it.
• Be aware of your surroundings and report unusual activity.  Chances are that if it looks unusual, it is.
• Turn porch lights on at night. Use cost effective bulbs. Use a timer if you work late.
• Use timers inside your house to turn televisions, radios, and lights on when you are not home...giving the crook reason to believe folks are home.
• Keep your yard neat, bushes, shrubs, etc. trimmed, make it easy for a neighbor to spot the unusual and call 911.
• Make sure flood (sensor) lights are working.
• Build your fences with the posts in your property, not on the outside...outside makes for a nice ladder for the criminal.
• Make sure your garage door opener light comes on when you open and close your garage door so as to see inside and outside the area.

And most important: Get to know your neighbors. Swap phone numbers (home, work, cell) so you can reach each other if you see a problem or need them to watch your home for you.

Richardson Crime Watch Program

Our Crime Prevention officer in the Richardson Police Department is Mike Wieczorek

For emergencies or to report a crime in progress, call 911

City of Richardson Web Links

  The following are helpful links to City of Richardson police department services.

City of Richardson Crime Prevention

Richardson Police Department

MyThings and Trace

Neighborhood Crime Watch

Richardson Crime Watch Statistics

Historical Crime Information

Creek Hollow Crime Watch Program

Our community is striving to get global participation in crime watch activities in order to get to know our neighbors better and to make our community safer. We would like to get a crime watch captain on each street in our community to organize events and meetings. Below is a list of our current crime watch captains. Please contact Jerri Strong or your block captain to volunteer your support or if you want to receive emails of crime alerts and recent crime activity in the Creek Hollow area.