The Oxford Watch

Megan Neiheisel, Colin Atwater, Chris Viens, Tucker Robinson, Sara Meurer

What is the Oxford Watch

Student driven Neighborhood Watch program, wanting to decrease crime in the Oxford
community through implementing rounds in off campus areas as well as providing safety
tips to students.
Some of you may ask what is a Neighborhood Watch
A Neighborhood Watch is a program which counts on citizens to organize themselves
and work with law enforcement to keep a trained eye and ear on their communities,
while demonstrating their presence at all times of day and night.

Crime In Oxford

Sparse Resources
With only 30 officers for the
community of Oxford it is
impossible for them to be
everywhere
Community could benefit from a
trained, crime reducing force of
Oxford citizens

Why Do We Need the Oxford

Watch?
FBI neighborhood watch program
statistics show that communities
that have a program are 43% less
likely to have crime committed in
their area

Other Examples of Collegiate

Neighborhood Watches
University of Albany and College of Saint Rose
Shown to be effective, winning the 2010 Outstanding Organization by the Neighborhood Resource
Center

Plan
501(3)c
Goal: 40 student volunteers total
10-15 of total volunteers being on a sub list
Tables in Armstrong and flyers around campus
Fundraising sell our bracelets for $2.00
Training classes with Oxford and Miami University police

Benefits
Making the streets more safe potential decrease in crime rate
Response to recent increase in crime rate in the last year

Helps police forces

Focus on off-campus housing; areas that are not always carefully patrolled by Miami University and
Oxford police forces
Monitors the area better- more eyes and ears

Helps bring student community together through volunteer program

Working together to promote safety
Is beneficial to all people involved

Feasibility

Budget
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Schedule
Each volunteer works one shift per week with a partner
Two people work a two hour shift
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
9 pm- 11pm or 11 pm - 1 am

Make Oxford
Safe Again
Join Oxford
Watch

Works Cited
"Neighborhood Watch." Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics (n.d.): n. pag. Albany.edu.
University at Albany, 30 May 2011. Web. 29 Nov. 2016.

Neighborhood Watch. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2016, from v

http://www.ncpc.org/topics/home-and-neighborhood-safety/neighborhood-watch
Oxford, OH Crime. (n.d.). Retrieved October 30, 2016, from
http://www.areavibes.com/oxford-oh/crime/
Wihbey, John. "U.S. Justice Department: Does Neighborhood Watch Reduce Crime? Journalist's Resource." Journalists Resource. N.p., 05 May 2015. Web. 31 Oct. 2016.