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Number of Child Watch Homes in our Association:
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Next training session: September, 2004 Click HERE for details |
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Contact KENA by e-mail or 446-4552 for more info |
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Child Watch Incidents or information: 698-6563
Emergencies: 911
About Child Watch...
The Community Child Watch Program was introduced to the Kent County area in 1979 with the objective of reducing the opportunity for a child to become the victim of a crime.
The Kentwood Community Child Watch Program follows the format of the others in the area, with some modification to meet the specific needs of our community, and is administered jointly by the Kentwood Police Department and the local schools.
The success of the Community Child Watch depends on volunteers from within the community. These volunteers will be trained to observe, recognize, record, and report suspicious activities and persons and report them to the police.
Each trained volunteer will be issued a Child Watch poster for display in the window of their home or business, an emergency telephone sticker and a Child Watch handbook for reference.
We encourage everyone to join us in this effort to make our community a safer place to live.
Volunteer Requirements:
1. Background check (assault or child related offense)
2. Attend 1 hour training session
3. Display Child Watch Poster in your window
4. Give some of your leisure time to watching and observing
(The above information is from the KPD Child Watch brochure)