Thank
you for agreeing to Meet the Challenge and
start a Neighborhood Watch group! As part of the newly-created
Citizen Corps initiative, President Bush has challenged Americans
to become involved locally in homeland security efforts, and one
way to do this is to start a Neighborhood Watch group.
Law
enforcement agencies depend on alert citizens to identify
and report things that seem out of the ordinary in their neighborhoods,
communities, and places of business. By working through
Neighborhood Watch networks, the public can play a potentially
crucial role in the detection, disruption and prevention of
terrorist acts.