Originally Posted by theking

I used to be a member of a Neighbor Hood Watch. I carry a concealed weapon when ever I leave the house...and certainly carried when I was a member of the Neighbor Hood Watch. At least two or three others of the watch also carried concealed weapons. There was also a pump 12 Gauge shotgun in our patrol car. Our instructions was to watch any stranger that we did not recognize as being a member of the community and to continue watching/follow until the stranger was welcomed into a house or had left our community. If at any point a person began to display suspicious activity we were to call the police and continue to watch/follow until the police arrived on the scene. We were instructed to try to avoid a personal confrontation if possible. During the time that I lived in the community we did not have any crime (I suspect that a highly visible Neighbor Hood Watch was one reason we had few problems in the community) and there were not many calls to the police.