Empowering Communities Through Crime Prevention and Collaboration
The ENW Awareness Program aims to deliver crime prevention programs and initiatives for residents, provide information to help them become harder targets for crime, foster crime prevention leaders through education, and develop opportunities for partnerships and collaboration, utilizing various mediums to reach a broad audience across its five key focus areas.
ENW Website
The Edmonton Neighbourhood Watch website is intended for anyone needing more information about ENW, those interested in crime prevention, and those wanting to participate in programs. Registration and participation can be logged through the website. By publishing information on the web, we hope that it will help create safer communities, not just in Edmonton, but in other areas as well.
Social Media
ENW provides tips on crime prevention, information on current crimes, alerts, program information, and shared posts/tweets from other partners such as the Edmonton Police Service and the City of Edmonton.
Much like our website, ENW is pleased to share information from people who live outside the region we serve. ENW has social media followers from 6 continents and over 35 countries around the world.
Print Materials
ENW develops print materials to help people share information in person. Whether it is a door-to-door campaign to make residents aware of a current spike in crime, or simply to provide information to someone who does not have internet access, print materials provide information about crime prevention and programs available in their community. A variety of brochures, info-cards and handouts are available.
Volunteer Training
The ENW model includes volunteer positions such as a Community Representative or Neighbourhood Watch Ambassador. Training is required for all positions.
- Edmonton has six Police Divisions, each matched to an ENW District. Anyone can apply to be an ENW Representative.
- An ENW member may be appointed or elected to become an ENW Community Representative(s) by their community league.
- Any person wanting to become a Neighbourhood Watch Ambassador may become a member and attend the training.
ENW provides training, resources and ongoing support to volunteers. It is the volunteers in these roles that bring the programs, resources and initiatives to the people living in that community. See more on our Opportunities page.
Anyone interested in these volunteer roles can contact admin@enwatch.ca
Presentation, Promotion & Partnership
Edmonton Neighbourhood Watch works with various organizations and groups throughout the Edmonton area. Our focus is on building strong, positive partnerships with other organizations that also have an interest in crime prevention and in creating safer neighbourhoods. If your group is interested in exploring a partnership with ENW, please contact admin@enwatch.ca. Please note that due to limited resources, we are not able to present to individual community leagues or to groups smaller than 40 people. Not all presentation requests can be accepted.
