Did you know Harvest Hills South has 400 homes? Check out this map showing which houses are included in our voluntary neighborhood association!
This map shows the streets our Harvest Hills South Crime Watch patrols every day. This program helps us stay aware of suspicious activity in our community and allows an open communication line with our local law enforcement. Please email us at HarvestHillsSouth@gmail.com with your name and phone number so we can add your contact to the list we provide these volunteers. They will only contact you if needed, such as an open garage door.
Protecting your home and neighbors through preventative strategies can be as simple as upkeep. Help us deter crime through showing a little love for your home.
Crime prevention through environmental design is the idea that proper use of design in a built environment can deter criminal activity. This info from the OKCPD is to help us make the best decisions for our property.
Welcome to our series of tips to keep your home looking less appealing to those who are up to no good. This information was presented by our local community OKCPD officer MSgt Skalla at a neighborhood meeting and we want to make sure these tips are in all of our minds as we move into a higher crime season. Follow along as we highlight a tip each week to keep our community safe.
Are you interested in taking a step toward neighborhood safety by volunteering in our neighborhood as a patroller? These volunteers need to attend a class to learn about how to best be the eyes and ears of our area for the police department as well as deterring crime by having an extra barrier of supervision. Trainings brought to you by nacok.org and OKC Police.
Notify Jaci or Tom Maquire harvesthillssouth@gmail.com if you want to attend and they will enroll you to reserve a seat.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! The current patrollers have been patrolling for more than four years. We have lost several patrollers due to moving out the neighborhood, health reasons and changes in Job responsibilities. We have been very fortunate that over the years we have minimized REPORTED crime.
A neighbor shared this video with us. It has some very interesting information on how your home can become a target for a thief. It is from a professional burglar who is helping law enforcement to help neighborhoods. He explains what are deterrents and what makes a good target. Listen all the way through. Neighborhood Watch programs were his biggest deterrent!
He has some really good tips if you are alone on how to answer the door. Take your cell phone to the door than state hold on someone is at my door. If the person coming to your door is up to no good the phone is a deterrent because they think you are connected to someone who can call 911 immediately if they do anything.
Keep looking out for your neighbors. If you do see things that just doesn’t look right question it! I did recently and it is better to be safe than sorry. I saw someone with car door open removing large boxes from a neighbors house. I called that neighbor to check and see if they were aware. I had never seen the car or that person in the neighborhood before. Result that person was there to pick up the packages but the neighbor thanked me for noticing.
Go out and get to know your neighbors! Recognize the cars and people that belong on your street and who doesn’t. Call 911 and report suspicious activity. You never know your report might help solve a crime or prevent one from happening.
The OKC police are starting the Neighborhood watch training program again. If you are interested in becoming a patroller, please let us know at harvesthillssouth@gmail.com. You can register by the link below and we will meet you there on Thursday, 9/30 to go over the Harvest Hills South program.
If you can spare anytime once a week, every two weeks or even once a month, you can help! We have patrollers who patrol mornings, during the day and in the evenings. If you need a patrol buddy, we can provide that too.
We can really use your help. The current patrollers have been doing it for over 3 years.
Please make sure we have your contact information in case the patrollers see something while they are out so they can contact you. Several people leave garage doors open at night. Your information is NOT shared outside of the patrollers. Please consider joining and being a part.
Shared from OKCPD:
Hey Neighbor!
Did you know that you can keep your neighborhood safe from the comfort of your car??? Read on to learn more about Neighborhood Watch Patrol!
Neighborhood Watch Patrol is about neighbors partnering with the police to become trained observers and reporters in their neighborhood.
Join OKC Police Departments’ Sgt Bob Skalla and Sgt Michael Loruse, along with the Neighborhood Alliance team, to learn more about the Neighborhood Crime Watch and Neighborhood Watch Patrol programs for your neighborhood.
This training will be offered from 6:00-7:00pm on Thursday, September 30th in North Oklahoma City and on Tuesday, November 2nd in South Oklahoma City.
Harvest Hills South Neighborhood Association 