Neighborhood Watch remains the most successful crime prevention program worldwide. Holliday Park’s Neighborhood Watch Committee is no exception to this statement of fact. Every member of Holliday Park Town Houses Cooperative is actively participating in what we, who live here, like to call our “EYES WIDE OPEN” Technique! Each of us helps to provide the critical proactive element that is so very necessary, if we are to remain a safe and vital community. Each person’s willingness to be the “eyes” of this neighborhood for the Police Department sends a clear message to intruders that Holliday Park does not tolerate crime.

Together, we try to make sure that our neighborhood is as “crime proof” as it can be. We notify the police if we see any vandalism, suspicious activities, or strangers who are lurking in the area. We watch out for each other in this neighborhood, and make ourselves aware of the patterns of normal activity in our area.

The Police have always stressed the importance of having lots of lighting in an area as a preventative to crime. Holliday Park is very proud of all the lighting installed within our complex. First ,we have coach lamps in front of many units, which were put in by the original builders.

Then, years ago, our Neighborhood Watch Chairperson arranged with the Sylvania Lighting Company to canvass our grounds at night to tell us where they thought we could put additional security lighting. After the survey was completed by the Lighting Company, Holliday Park installed about 100 energy-saving lights on buildings and carport roofs throughout the Co-op.

Holliday Park also installed new energy-saving lights in all our carport stalls.

Our members, as well as our Neighborhood Watch Night Patrols, are very alert and make a report when these lights burn out, so that our maintenance department will immediately replace the bulbs.

There are also 26 street lights on the road that encircles our homes. When these lights are out, our members call directly to Detroit Edison, or to the Building Department in Westland, to have the lights fixed.

You can see that Holliday Park takes very seriously the importance of lighting as a deterrent to crime.

The Westland Police Department is very cooperative with our Neighborhood Watch Program. They rate Holliday Park as one of the safest places to live in Westland. In fact, Deputy Chief Ramsden, as well as prior Police Chiefs, speaks very highly about our Neighborhood Watch. When speaking to groups in other communities, the Police use our Neighborhood Watch Night Patrol Program as an example of how it can work, with great numbers of willing participants.

Neighborhood Watch never takes a holiday! It is the obligation of every member of the Co-op to be vigilant, and watch out for everyone else, as well. WE ARE ALL NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH!! This is why we are effective.

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