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What is a Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator ?

The aim of Neighbourhood Watch is to enable local communities to work in partnership with Lancashire Constabulary in order to make our neighbourhoods safer places to live. The Coordinator's role is to manage the scheme in his or her local area and make sure it is as effective as possible. Either a committee of local residents or deputies can assist the Coordinator in making the scheme a success.

It is not “Policing area's” it is acting on information given via residents and passing it on to the Police team. Ideally residents should contact the Police themselves.

What are the duties of the Coordinator?

The Coordinator has the following responsibilities:

• maintaining the interest of scheme members;
• informing members about local crime;
• promoting local crime reduction initiatives;
• receiving and passing information from and to Lancashire Constabulary;
• liaising with other Coordinators especially those in adjoining areas;
• promoting a partnership approach to crime reduction; and
• forming links with local organizations;

These responsibilities mean that the Coordinator might be involved in distributing crime reduction material, keeping members informed of local events, monitoring crime in the local area, organizing public meetings and welcoming new comers to the area to the scheme.