neighbourhood watch
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The home secretary and Plymouth Sutton MP Luke Pollard then spoke to members of the local neighbourhood watch team at the park.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2021
"Usually when it flares up in Israel, it flares up here locally," said Chaim Hochhauser from Shomrim, a neighbourhood watch group which works to protect the Jewish community of Stamford Hill in north London.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2021
The reason behind the former neighbourhood watch volunteer’s belligerence towards the king of hip-hop was Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, a new six-part documentary, which Jay-Z executive-produced.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2018
Since then, the village has organised an informal neighbourhood watch scheme.
From BBC ● May 10, 2017
He advocates beefed-up neighbourhood watch programmes and “resident deputies” – community members who would take policing into their own hands.
From The Guardian ● May 10, 2016
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