Schererville Community Watch Program

Schererville Community Watch Program
P.O. Box 229
Schererville, IN 46375

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The Schererville Community Watch Program has proven to be an effective deterrent of crime in our community. The police can't be everywhere at once; they need the people's reports to tell them where the action is. The Community Watch Program encourages citizens and local businesses to be observant and to report all suspicious activities. Sometimes these reports get directed back through the program organization to the people, alerting them to things such as the description of a car trying to pick up children. The police and the community work best when they work together.

Please continue to report all suspicious-looking vehicles and individuals to the Schererville Police Department at 322-5000. If it turns out to be nothing, that's OK; the police would rather have dozens of such reports than to miss the report that leads to the apprehension of a criminal. Feel free to call whenever you see anything suspicious, and most importantly, call promptly -- don't wait!

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Watch this space for future meeting announcements.

Our meetings are held at 7:00 PM, normally in the Schererville Town Court, 25 E. Joliet St. (located in the same building as the police station). Depending on availability and attendance, meetings may be held in a Police Department conference room instead. Whether you live here or run a business here, crime prevention in our town should be important to you, so please plan to attend!

Links:

Schererville Police Department

Town of Schererville

Schererville Chamber of Commerce

Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

Northwest Indiana Community Info, courtesy of nwitimes.com

Campagna Academy (formerly Hoosier Boys' Town)

SafeKids.com

U.S. Department of Education brochure on raising children drug-free

Gambling . . . The Other Addiction

At our January 12, 1998 meeting, "Mark", representing Gamblers Anonymous, told us from personal experience how devastating compulsive gambling can be to the individual, with effects felt throughout the community. Each compulsive gambler has his or her own "bottom", which is the lowest they can go before realizing that they need help. When you've reached your bottom, the number to call is 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537). or 312-346-1588. Gam-Anon, an affiliated support group for those whose lives are affected by another's compulsive gambling, can be reached at 708-802-0105.