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Get Involved in your Neighborhood
Safer neighborhoods begin with you. Preventing crime can be as easy as looking out your window more frequently for suspicious activity in your neighborhood. A stranger peering into parked vehicles on the street might be a signal to call 9-1-1 immediately and report this suspicious activity.
Organize a Neighborhood Watch Group
Working together can be the key to reversing crime trends in your neighborhood. Watch groups can be a small collection of neighbors or several blocks of neighbors exchanging phone numbers to stay informed about suspicious activity and act as "eyes on the street" for one another.
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Join a Neighborhood Watch Group
To find out if there is already a watch group operating in your neighborhood, you can contact Safe Streets or call 253-272-6824.
For residents in the Hilltop neighborhood, the Hilltop Action Coalition (HAC) is a collection of individuals, families, and block groups working together to create a positive, crime-free environment and improve the quality of life for all residents. HAC's boundaries are 6th Avenue (North), 28th Street (South), Tacoma Avenue South (East), State Street (West). To get involved, contact the Hilltop Action Coalition at 253-594-7859.
Hilltop Action Coalition
PO Box 5011
Tacoma, WA 98415
253-594-7859
jeanie.hac@gmail.com
Contact a Tacoma Police Officer
The Tacoma Police Department assists residents, individual businesses, neighborhood watch groups and business district associations with crime-related issues through its Community Liaison Officers (CLO) program. If you would like to speak directly to a police officer, then click on the Community Liaison Officer page for contact information.
Clean Up your Neighborhood
A dirty or neglected neighborhood with overgrown hedges and junk vehicles invites crime. The City of Tacoma has several programs that can help you in cleaning up your neighborhood. ...READ MORE
Get Involved in Neighborhood Issues
Getting involved in neighborhood issues is one of the best ways to bring resources into your community.
Tacoma's Neighborhood Councils
In 1992, the City of Tacoma established eight Neighborhood Councils
to advise the Tacoma City Council on issues important to neighborhoods
and develop specific strategies. Neighborhood Councils also undertake
a wide range of local improvement projects.
Get Informed through the Citizen Review Panel
The Citizen Review Panel is a all-volunteer advisory board focusing on ensuring transparency and accountability within the City of Tacoma Police Department operations. Click on the Citizen Review Panel page for meeting times, agenda and minutes.
Sign Up for a Crime Prevention E-Newsletter
Each month, the City of Tacoma publishes a Neighborhood Crime Prevention E-Newsletter which is filled with tips on how to prevent crime activity in your neighborhood. To sign up to receive this monthly e-newsletter, contact Lisa Copp at 253-591-5277 or e-mail lcopp@ci.tacoma.wa.us