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

Leader of the neighborhood watch.

From Los Angeles Times

Some residents want to form a neighborhood watch, while others are taking quotes from private security companies to patrol the streets outside their multimillion-dollar homes.

From Los Angeles Times

Leader of the neighborhood watch.

From Los Angeles Times

But that changed in 2013 after a Florida jury acquitted a neighborhood watch captain in the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager.

From Los Angeles Times

Fulton has been pushing for reform since her 17-year-old son was killed in a confrontation with neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Florida in February 2012.

From Seattle Times