The Oakland Police Department encourages you and your neighbors to form a Neighborhood Watch group on your block. It is easy to do, and is one of the most important things you can do to prevent crime. Below are frequently asked questions about Neighborhood Watch.

Please call the Neighborhood Watch Coordinator, Terence Lau at 238- 6200 or email Tlau@oaklandnet.com for more information.

What is Neighborhood Watch?

Neighborhood Watch is a partnership between neighbors and the Oakland Police Department to improve safety and prevent crime.

Forming a Neighborhood Watch group on your block is the first step to making and keeping your neighborhood safe.

What will I learn?

• Who your neighbors are and how to work with them to prevent crime
• How to use a neighborhood map and roster to communicate
• How and why crime happens
• How to improve home security and personal safety
• How to recognize and report suspicious activity
• How active Neighborhood Watch groups with visible Neighborhood
• Watch signs can deter crime
• What the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council in your beat is and what it does

Who can participate?

Anyone who lives in Oakland can participate in Neighborhood Watch whether you live in an apartment, condominium complex, townhouse, or a single family home.

I’m Interested! What are the next steps?

1. Call the Oakland Police Department, Neighborhood Watch Coordinator, Terence Lau, at 238-6200.
2. Contact your neighbors; find out the best time for them to attend a meeting (typically a weekday evening about 6:30 or 7:00 PM).
3. Schedule the
4. Distribute flyers inviting neighbors to the Neighborhood Watch meeting about 7 to10 days before the meeting. The Police Department can supply
5. On the day of the meeting, give your neighbors a call or flyer to remind

What happens at the meeting?

A Police representative will discuss:

• Crime in your neighborhood/beat
• How and when to contact the police
• Neighborhood Watch program requirements – and how and why it works
• What you can do to make your home more safe and secure
• What the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council is, and what it does
• What is National Night Out and how it can help you organize your neighborhood

What are the requirements to be an official Neighborhood Watch group?

• Schedule a Neighborhood Watch meeting
• Complete a roster of members’ names, addresses and telephone numbers
• Complete a neighborhood map
• Select a Block Captain and an Alternate for the group
• Decide how many signs you want and where the signs should be installed
• Send a copy of the completed map and roster to the Neighborhood Watch

What is a Block Captain?

The Block Captain and the Alternate are liaisons between the Neighborhood Watch group and the police department. They make sure the map and the roster are complete and the Neighborhood Watch signs are purchased and installed. They also schedule Neighborhood Watch meetings, maintain a current membership roster and map, and distribute flyers or other information as provided by the police department. Many groups rotate the Block Captain and

Alternate responsibilities.

What about the Neighborhood Watch signs?

Every official Neighborhood Watch group must have at least one Neighborhood Watch sign. The sign acts as a crime deterrent by

notifying people who enter the area that the neighborhood is watching and knows how to contact the police.

Communication and Meeting Topics?

Neighborhood Watch groups communicate by using telephone rosters, flyers, emails, fax rosters, websites and newsletters. While some groups have formal meetings, others prefer to be more relaxed with barbecues and block parties. However they communicate, most groups focus on safety and crime prevention. The police department is a resource that offers brochures and videos on topics such as:

• Personal Safety and Crime Awareness
• Child, Teen or Senior Safety
• Halloween, Summer or Holiday Safety
• Robbery and Burglary Prevention

To obtain brochures or borrow a video, call the Neighborhood Watch Coordinator, Terence Lau, at 238-6200.

Is disaster preparedness training available to our group?

Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE) train residents to respond to emergencies. CORE I focuses on home and family preparedness, Core II focuses on neighborhood preparedness and response and Core III focuses on emergency response in a hands-on training. All Neighborhood Watch groups of 10 or more can elect to have CORE I training in their neighborhood. For more information on CORE call 238-6351 or visit www.oaklandcore.org or ask the Neighborhood Watch Coordinator about it.

Req to be Official Neighborhood Watch Group
Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Meeting
Application for Block Captain andor Co Captain
NW Group Sign Installation Req Form

For more information about the Neighborhood Watch Program please contact:
Terence Lau at, (510) 238-4523, or at, tlau@oaklandnet.com

Visit us at, www.oaklandnet.com/neighborhoodwatch

National Night Out — Block Party Guide

Sample Program Ideas – NNO

Getting to Know You Questions

 Contact
Oakland Police Department, Neighborhood Services Section
Community-Police Partnerships
510-238-6200

Stop by and look! We hope you love these amazing two new mosaic trash containers located at Perkins and Van Buren in Adams Point!

Heaps of thanks to the Rotary Club of Oakland for this funding. The kingfisher and cedar waxwing images are birds seen around our beautiful Lake Merritt.

Adams Point Neighborhood Group (APNG) has found funding and used local artists for over 30 mosaics in our district. Mosaic containers are a deterrent to graffiti, they support proper disposal of waste, they provide art in public places….and they give our district a beautiful sense of identity.

WHAT: APNG 14X OPD General Meeting
WHEN: Thursday, February, 7. 2019, 6:30-8 pm.
WHERE: The Bellevue Club, 525 Bellevue Ave.

Welcome/ Greeting/ Safety Chairs Election
Introduction of Jason Wallace: NSC; OPD Crime/Safety Update
Safety Tip: Ana-Marie Jones, APNG Leadership
E-Scooter Updates
Kerby Olsen, Shared Mobility Coordinator: Oakland DOT
Megan O. Colford- Lime and Marty Fatooh, Bird
Q & A; Closing Remarks

“This event is accessible by public transit via AC Transit bus stop on Grand Ave. and Perkins (lines 12, 805 and NL), via bike share from the Ford GoBike station at Grand and Perkins, and via E-scooter sharing by parking on Grand Avenue.”

Next Leadership Meeting: Thursday, March 7, 2019
Next General Meeting: Thursday, April 4, 2019

adamspointneighborhood@gmail.com
Website: adamspointneighborhood.org
www.Facebook.com/AdamsPoint

SEE YOU THERE!

Dear Residents,

Here is the latest update concerning the Lake Merritt Community Cabins implementation and some general news about the city’s homelessness response in Oakland. Much of the information shared comes from Joe Devries, Assistant City Administrator, in charge of rolling out this program.

1. Concerning Snow Park (the second of 3 invitation zones): Snow Park has officially been closed as of Thursday this week and turned into an enforcement zone to prevent further camping. I personally joined Operation Dignity the week of Thanksgiving to conduct outreach and share information about the Community Cabins. As a result of this closure, spaces in the Cabins are now full (more on that below)
2. Concerning Lakeside Park: the invitation zone on Bellevue/Lakeside Park has opened up and is now the city administration’s priority area. According to Joe, three people have already moved into the cabins with more slated to move in as space opens up. According to Joe,  closure of the Lakeside encampment will not be conducted during the winter break but people will be continuously moved in to the cabins.
3. Concerning Space at Community Cabins: As previously mentioned, spaces in the community cabins have been filled. As spaces open up, more people will be brought in. To date, I know of 5 individuals who have already been moved into more permanent housing. This throughput can be unpredictable however the city is moving to address this need for space with the opening of its new transitional housing center named “The Holland” slated to tentatively open in January. The addition of these beds will allow for individuals in other community cabins to be moved to the center freeing more spots.  The Holland is based on a rapid rehousing model used in the city’s first transitional housing center “The Henry Robinson” which saw an 80% success rate in moving those who completed the program into more permanent housing and keeping them housed.
4. Concerning the General Homelessness Response: While according to Joe the opening of the invitation zones are on schedule, there have been several challenges the city has faced from homeless advocates. The first related to the closing of the 12^th St. Parcel where advocates and unsheltered residents protested against camp closures delaying the roll out of the program. In another more recent instance, members of the Village, a homeless rights and services advocacy group, engaged in a form of direct protest and squatted on a fenced in city lot in East Oakland creating an informal encampment. Upon being asked to move by the city, these advocates filed a lawsuit about the city’s homelessness response and eviction process citing the recent Martin v Boise decision by the 9^th Circuit Appeals court as a justification for being able to stay on city property. Judge Gilliam, who presided over this case, ruled in favor of the city upholding the city’s response as legal and constitutional. This affirmation of the city’s methods mean that the city will be moving in confidence and with as much haste as possible to continue rolling out the Community Cabins model and ultimately reclaiming parks for the general public’s use and recreation.
   1. Coverage of this can be read here: https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2018/11/28/federal-judge-says-oakland-can-close-homeless-camp-on-city-owned-property
5. The Council Office’s Response:  In addition to guaranteeing funding for the Tuff Shed Program and continuing work to problem solve on issues in communities affected by homelessness, Councilmember McElhaney recently got legislation to preserve our current stock of SROs (Single Resident Occupancy Units) from being converted into high end boutique hotels or high rent units. As the housing of last resort for our most vulnerable residents and the most affordable option for unsheltered folks recovering from the life on the streets, SROs are crucial for addressing our housing crisis.

Finally, we stand with residents in the shared value that public parks are for the recreation of the public at large, not a place for private individuals to live and appropriate space for their own uses. We hear and share your frustrations about the unacceptable behavior of some of the unsheltered in the parks and will continue working our hardest with the city administration to reclaim our parks and provide the deep community engagement necessary to support our residents

We believe that you, the resident, has every right to know what the city is doing to address this issue and are available to answer all your questions and advocate on your behalf.

Sincerely,
Justin Lee
510-238-7575

APNG Leadership Board Members gratefully accept a generous check from The Rotary Club of Oakland to pay for the installation of two (2) more mosaic trash cans In Adams Point. With the completion of the two mosaics in 2018, over 30 mosaics will adorn our district. Our mosaic project incorporates ” art in public places” and “anti-graffiti measures” to enhance our neighborhood’s proud identity. Look for the completed mosaics at the Perkins and Van Buren Ave. in the months ahead.

Presenting the gift from The Rotary Club of Oakland to APNG (Left to right): David Kittner, Oakland Rotary Co-chair Community Service Committee; APNG Leadership Board; Safety Committee Co-chair, Mary Boergers; Barbara Azad, Moderator; and Karen Graf. Not present is APNG Safety Committee Co-chair Ana-Marie Jones, who is also an Oakland Rotarian! Thank you, thank you, thank you for this partnership!