Guest post sent by Kelli Blackmon

Living in a high-crime, metropolitan city, my neighborhood decided it was time to take action against crime. We decided it was time for a neighborhood watch program to be put in place. We all live together in this community, all with families and homes we wanted to protect. Neighbors helping neighbors began our new program.

It has worked out very well, but we have just began the whole process. I feel our neighborhood watch program is the best it can be. We have smart, dedicated volenteers who have spent countless hours working without local police department with our concerns.

Each week there is a meeting for all members of the community. This meeting is held to keep the community aware of what is going on around them, and to keep them informed of the happenings with the neighborhood watch program. There's always refreshments and snacks provided, and the meetings are quiet fun.

Believe it or not, the whole community is a great help with the program, and if it keeps going as smoothly as this, I am sure our program will remain successful. Since I took the extra step of figuring out how to get adt security in New Yorkand installing a home security alarm, I feel as safe as one could possibly feel. It's worked out great, and I couldn't be happier!