THOUSAND OAKS : Mobile Crime Watch to Begin Next Month
Ventura County sheriff’s deputies and community leaders will team up next month for a new Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Watch program that asks employees of mobile businesses to be on the lookout for crime.
The program, which was approved by the City Council earlier this year, will rely on cellular-phone-toting workers to call sheriff’s officials if they spot suspicious behavior.
Recognizing suspicious behavior will be the topic of a Sept. 14 training session at the East Valley Sheriff’s Station for participants in the program.
Employees of mobile businesses that operate routinely around Thousand Oaks are eligible to participate, if they have their own cellular phones or a two-way radio system.
Sheriff’s officials said they will schedule private training sessions for businesses unable to release employees to attend the 6 p.m. meeting.
For more information or to sign up for training, call the Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce at 499-1993 or Senior Deputy Patti Dreyer at 494-8267.
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