NEWS
Neighborhood Watch launches in Bowie
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
About 25 people attended the first public meeting of the Bowie Neighborhood Watch Thursday night as the new citizen’s group is organized in the city.
Stephanie Post and several other volunteers are coordinating the program assisted by the Bowie Police Department. Introducing herself to the group, she and her husband, Ken, moved to Bowie from Kenosha, WI where they took part in the neighborhood watch that attempted to tackle drugs, gangs and the bullying of their neighbors.
Post said while Bowie does not have a “crime wave,” they would like to be prepared and work together as a team with neighbors and the police department.
Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and most well-know crime prevention concepts in North America. According to the National Sheriff’s Association, the program has roots dating back to colonial times when night watchmen patrolled the streets. In the late
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The Montague County Commissioner’s proclaimed June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month during its Tuesday session.
The court faced a brief agenda following the Memorial Day holiday. Kimberly Davis of the Adult Protective Services team for Montague and Clay County presented the proclamation. Working and living in Montague County, she said they handled 1,756 total cases last year and of those 162 were investigated in Montague County.
Davis explained elder abuse comes in many forms both physical, mental and financial, impacting men and women, old and younger and from all ethnic and economic backgrounds. Commissioners approved the proclamation and thanked Davis for her work.
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