Skinny On NI: CDA Biz Block Watch Launches

A stabbing in the back alley, parking lot drug deals and problems with loiterers pushed a group of Coeur d’Alene business owners to form the city’s first Block Watch for businesses. “The premise is the same as a neighborhood watch,” Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Christie Wood said during a meeting with Appleway Square businesses. “The whole idea is neighbors helping neighbors.” Wood said the businesses at Appleway Square, at Highway 95 and Appleway Avenue, will be a model for the police department’s new Business Watch program. Neighboring businesses are asked to report suspicious people or problems to police, then alert the other businesses/ Taryn Hecker , The Skinny On North Idaho .

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Question: Are you part of a Block Watch group?