COMMUNITY RADIO WATCH - PUBLIC SAFETY'S ADDITIONAL EYES AND EARS

• NCJ Number: 37031
• Journal: CRIME PREVENTION REVIEW Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Dated: (JANUARY 1975) Pages: 35-38
• Author(s): R M Blackwell
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: California Attorney General's Building
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF THE PALO ALTO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CRW (COMMUNITY RADIO WATCH) PROGRAM, A PROGRAM TO ENLIST LICENSED TWO-WAY RADIO OPERATORS TO REPORT INCIDENTS TO THE POLICE.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS, LOGISTICS, EXPECTED RESULTS AS WELL AS RESPONSE TIME AND PUBLIC RELATIONS BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM. HE CONCLUDES THAT ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAM IS NOT PERFECT, IT IS WORTHWILE...EB