Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Both violent crime and property crime were up last year in Seattle. Across the state, people are using block watches to keep an ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Every year, the lower South Hill Neighborhood Watch hosts a block party for neighbors to get to know each other. This year, Spokane C.O.P.S attended the block party, teaching people ...

They roam the University District at night, wearing orange and white jackets, on a mission to help keep students safe. Called Buckeye Block Watch, these non-sworn patrols operate as the university’s ...

EASTON, Pa. - Thursday night was the first Easton Block Watch meeting in two years. "There's people who can't even sit out on their porches because all of a sudden they'll hear gunshots," said Melody ...

Officer Caleb Rector, who heads the program, hopes to establish block watches in four zones across the city. While the program has received significant interest online, only a small number of people ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The energization of Toledo’s block watch program is the topic of discussion for Toledo City Council this week. The program has seen some challenges over the years but supporters ...

Karlin Chan (far right) and a group of volunteers with the Chinatown Block Watch on a patrol in Manhattan Chinatown. Photo: Jeenah Moon/REUTERS On a Thursday afternoon in late February, half a dozen ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — After two shootings within a 12-hour span near Independence Village Park, community members said more needs to be done to keep Columbus parks safe. The first shooting happened just ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - A Spiritual leader in Hartford’s North End is calling for an armed block watch to help keep the community safe. Bishop Dexter Burke says four shootings have happened in his ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A new security patrol will be visible in the university district on foot, bikes, and a Buckeye Block Watch vehicle, the Ohio State University president announced this week.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There are calls for volunteers to help patrol Chinatown in lower Manhattan as we see an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes. Members of the Chinatown Block Watch, dressed in ...