Block Watch: The Sherwood Forest Community Club and the Bellevue Police Department have joined forces to implement a Block Watch program for our neighborhood. FBI statistics show that a subdivision with an active Neighborhood Watch is 43% less likely to become a target of criminal activity. A number of resources outlining how to better protect your home is available on the links below. The SFCC plan is to make Block Watch ideas and information available to all the Block Hosts to convey to their block.

Block Watch Signs:  The installation of signs was voted on and approved at the annual 2010 SFCC meeting. SFCC purchased the signs, and the city installed them on intersections of 24th and 164th.

Feel free to email SFCC if you have any questions regarding SFCC Block Watch efforts.

SFCC Block Watch Links:

Bellevue Police Department – LINES OF DEFENSE http://www.bellevuewa.gov/pdf/Police/LINES_OF_DEFENSE.pdf

Here’s a great story from King5 TV on how crooks break into a house: http://www.king5.com/news/investigations/we-asked-86-burglars-how-they-broke-into-homes/344367382

Bellevue Police Department – Crime Prevention Handbook https://sherwoodforestblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/bellevue_crime_prevention_handbook.pdf

Bellevue Police Department – Crime Prevention website http://www.bellevuewa.gov/police-crime-prevention.htm

Bellevue Police Department – SendHelp_Sign_for_your_CAR( download and print on yellow cardstock for your cars) BPD_CAR_SendHelp_Sign

Bellevue Emergency Preparedness http://www.bellevuewa.gov/emergency_preparedness.htm

Bellevue Police Department – Non-Emergency Calls and Online Services http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/non-emergency_police_contact.htm

911 reports and maps now available on line http://www.crimemapping.com/map/wa/bellevue

Bellevue Code Compliance information http://www.bellevuewa.gov/reportproblem.htm

Bellevue Neighborhood News http://www.bellevuewa.gov/neighborhood_news.htm