Wednesday, September 11, 2002


From the 9/11 Citizen Corps newsletter:




The number of Citizen Corps councils continues to grow. There are currently over 150 registered local councils and more are being added every week. Please take a look at our re-designed listings for local and state councils. You can now find point-of-contact information for Citizen Corps Councils near you. We want to thank everyone who has worked to make Citizen Corps an active part of their communities as well as the more than 48,000 of you who have signed up to receive information from the Citizen Corps web site. What we do today can make America safer tomorrow. If you do not have Citizen Corps in your community, we encourage you to contact your community.s leadership, the mayor or your city council member, or your state.s point of contact, now listed on the website, to urge them to bring Citizen Corps to your community.

What's Happening At...Department of Justice (DOJ)
-The Neighborhood Watch program continues to demonstrate how people can make their communities safer. In addition to helping local police solve and prevent crimes, many Neighborhood Watch groups have also added terrorism prevention to their duties. Communities located near power plants and similar facilities have found that Neighborhood Watch groups can add a valuable layer of security to these locations. Some local Neighborhood Watch organizations are even looking at ways to provide their members with training on how to detect terrorist activity. To find out more information bout Neighborhood Watch, visit http://www.usaonwatch.org/.