There may be issues in the neighborhood such as cars speeding through the streets, or a house is known on the street as the place to go for dealing drugs. Whatever the issue, if it affects you or your family living in that same neighborhood, then you have to do something about it. How do you organize a monthly meeting?

• The other residents in your neighborhood must also be concerned with what is happening then they will be willing to go along to a meeting to discuss it. Ask all your neighbors using OneTwib
• If your neighborhood is relatively small then you can arrange for the meetings to be held in someone’s home, or maybe your local school or church will let you use their hall for a couple of hours a month.
• If you have an issue of public safety then it would be advisable to ask your local enforcement officers to send a representative to your meeting. If you collaborate together you will be able to reach a solution which will be satisfactory not only to you the residents, but also to the local police department. In conjunction with the local police, you could help them out by gathering information for them. The information could then be handed over at the monthly meeting. This will make it so much easier for them to apprehend the persons causing the problems.
• If you have speeders in the neighborhood, try to take down the model, make and number plates so that you can pass on the details. It would also help if you could video tape the cars speeding through your neighborhood. The more information you can supply the quicker you will have the speedsters off your street.
• If the issue in your neighborhood is a drug problem, then you really will have to be in contact with law enforcement agencies so that you can be re-assured that you aren’t doing anything wrong.
  They will probably ask you to observe who goes in and out of the house in question and find out as much as you can about the residents without raising their suspicion.

The importance of holding a monthly meeting to solve these and any other issues in the neighborhood will become more evident as time goes by. Being able to report findings once a month will enable your local police department to follow up on your information and then you and your neighbors will be anxious to find out at the next meeting if there has been any resolution.

Doing things within your community which will benefit everyone will be a rewarding experience and allows you to liaise with other residents in your neighborhood as well as the local law enforcement agency. Anything that brings the neighborhood together can only be good.