Neighborhood Watch – City of Scotts Mills

Neighborhood Watch is a time proven program that discourages crime in a community. Neighbors learn to watch out for each other and aggressively report suspicious activity. In today’s environment of fewer officers and more crime, the only method left to combat crime is to get citizens more actively involved. A 100% volunteer, state designated non-profit organization, the program strives to help provide a safer environment for area residents by acting as “additional eyes and ears” for Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The Neighborhood Watch has been recorded as an active organization in the community for some 20 years, becoming a registered non-profit September 11, 2003, as “Scotts Mills Neighborhood Watch Association, Inc” “Citizen’s Patrol Records” indicates we were first “associated” with Marion County Sheriff’s Office in 1984! “Old-timers” in the area report there has been one form or another of an ongoing “neighborhood/community-watch” program in the Scotts Mills AREA for over 40 years.

Though, within the city limits, our population is small, Neighborhood Watch extends into rural areas where ‘neighbors’ are not only very much a part of our community, but very actively engaged. While most similar programs are “block” or “neighborhood” in orientation, Scotts Mills’ program is much more a “community-watch” program where the concept of “watching out for our neighbors and their property” is considered a Lifestyle, not a “club.” All neighbors are considered a part of the Neighborhood Watch “program.”

Because of very limited attendance at meetings pre-Covid and the onset of Covid regulations, meetings have been cancelled for the time-being. If meetings start up again, information will be provided via the website at smnwcp.org and posted to the local community Facebook page. In the meantime, neighbors are making appropriate use of the “Scotts Mills, Oregon – Residents only” Facebook page to help each other stay informed of any concerns, and of reports to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Any questions regarding the local program may be directed to: Raleen Hungate at (503)873-5563 or via e-mail.

For General E-Mail Communication: smnwcp@gmail.com

For more information please visit the SMNW Website at: www.smnwcp.org