neighborhood watch

noun

1. a neighborhood surveillance program or group in which residents keep watch over one another's houses, patrol the streets, etc., in an attempt to prevent crime.

Example Sentences

At the time, Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer who called police after spotting Martin.

From No Straight News

As a former detainee in a re-education camp, she was not officially permitted to travel to other areas of town without explicit permission from both her neighborhood watch unit and the Public Security Bureau.

From MIT Technology Review

Then he saw a note on his community WhatsApp group urging neighbors to join a sort of neighborhood watch channel on Zello, a “walkie-talkie” app that is fast becoming a tool for protest communication.

From MIT Technology Review

Calls came for stricter gun laws, including prohibiting neighborhood-watch volunteers from carrying firearms.

From The Daily Beast

Outraged over the death of an unarmed black Florida teen at the hands of a neighborhood-watch volunteer?

From The Daily Beast

Then you probably aren't in the mood to see a trailer for the comedy Neighborhood Watch, out this summer.

From The Daily Beast

The neighborhood watch volunteer said he was scared for his life.

From The Daily Beast

“There is no set way of how you run your neighborhood watch,” Dorival said.

From The Daily Beast