The Public Safety Office will be holding a general meeting for Area 1 Neighborhood Watch groups at Lancaster City Hall, Council Chambers on Thursday, February 28th from 6:00-8:00 p.m.  All block captains and co-captains in Area 1 are requested to attend.  In addition all general group members, group members and captains from other Areas, and anyone from the general public who might be interested in starting or joining a Neighborhood Watch group or just wants a little more information is invited and encouraged to attend as well.

Current crime trends and statistics, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), CORE, Antleope Valley Partners for Health,  updates from the City and from individual groups, and more will be discussed.

Area 1 encompasses all portions of the City of Lancaster west of Sierra Highway and north of Avenue J.  The City is divided into four such areas, each of which is assigned a set deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff's Station's CORE Team (Community Oriented Response & Enforcement).  The CORE team also has a dedicated sergeant, and focuses primarily on quality-of-life issues such as graffiti, loitering, emerging crime patterns in a specific area, and more.  As part of this goal the team interfaces with the Public Safety Office and works closely with the Neighborhood Watch and Business Watch programs.

For more information about the meeting, or for more information about Neighborhood Watch, contact the Public Safety Office at (661) 723-6063 or publicsafety@cityoflancasterca.org.