Crime Watch Program
To form a Neighborhood Crime Watch program in your area,
an individual must be designated as the Neighborhood Coordinator.
Neighborhood Coordinator's Responsibilities:
- The Neighborhood Coordinator should organize a community
meeting between your neighborhood and the Johnson County
Sheriff’s Office by calling 317-346-4606.
- Locate volunteers to serve as Crime Watch Block Captains.
- Make a map of the neighborhood and include addresses.
- Designate ten to twelve homes for each Block Captain and
indicate that information on the map.
- Provide copies to each Coordinator. Distribute Crime Watch
materials among Block Captains at the Coordinator’s
- Collect a list from each Block Captain of the names, addresses,
and phone numbers of each of their ten to twelve homes to
create a master list.
- Collect money for signs and coordinate with the Johnson
County Sheriff’s Office to receive the Crime Watch
- Serve as a liaison between the neighborhood and the Johnson
County Sheriff’s Office, and shall maintain the program
and provide feedback to residents.
Block Captains' Responsibilities:
- The block captains need to distribute materials to their
- Obtain and maintain a current list of names, addresses
and phone numbers of those assigned homes.
- Provide a copy of that list to the Neighborhood Coordinator.
- Serve as the liaison between the residents and the Neighborhood
- When receiving from and making phone calls to assigned
homes, the block captain should use common sense; Obtain
and distribute facts only. He/she should put themselves
in the victims place. Ask the victim for his/her permission
or don’t give information out. Give hundred block
only, for example: 5100 block of ABC Street, not 5123 ABC
Last but not least, the area residents certainly have responsibilities
to make the program work properly. Residents should call the
law enforcement dispatch immediately when you see or hear
a crime being committed and see or hear suspicious activity
in the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Jurisdiction.
Do not be afraid to call law enforcement. One should always
report suspicious license numbers to law enforcement. Residents
should call your crime watch block captain, and also get acquainted
and communicate with your neighbors. Finally, residents should
attend regular meetings, stay educated and informed. Educate
your children in a common sense approach to crime prevention.
To report a life threatening emergency or a crime in progress,
To report suspicious activity or another non-emergency situation
in the Johnson County Sheriff’s jurisdiction, call (317)
For other general information, you may contact the Sheriff’s
Property Form List
Fill this out and store
it in a safe place to assist law enforcement recover your
property should you ever be the victim of a burglary or theft.
Download the form (PDF)