Neighborhood Watch
Neighborhood Watch, also called a crime watch or neighborhood crime watch, is an organized group of citizen devoted to crime and vandalism prevention within the Pleasant View Community.
Our Neighborhood Watch program is organized as a function of the Pleasant View Homeowners Association with assistance from the Missoula Police Department and the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office.
Neighborhood watches are not vigilante organizations. When suspecting criminal activities, members are encouraged to contact the Missoula Police Department and not to intervene.
The current American system of neighborhood watches began developing in the late 1960s as a response to the rape and murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens, New York. People became outraged after reports that a dozen witnesses did nothing to save Genovese or to apprehend her killer. Some locals formed groups to watch over their neighborhoods and to look out for any suspicious activity in their areas. Shortly thereafter, the National Sheriffs’ Association began a concerted effort in 1972 to revitalize the “watch group” effort nationwide as the National Neighborhood Watch Program.
Coordinators:
Mary Pheifer, Chairperson
To contact the Neighborhood Watch Committee please send an email to: NeighborhoodWatch@PleasantViewHomes.org.