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Onslow County Sheriff's Office urges neighborhoods to revive community watch; citizen academy set for Feb. 11
Summary
Captain Bruce Dixon told Onslow County Today the sheriff's office is reinvigorating its Community Watch program to help deter crime in growing unincorporated neighborhoods and will open applications in January for a citizen law enforcement academy beginning Feb. 11.
Captain Bruce Dixon, a captain with the Onslow County Sheriff's Office, said the office is stepping up its Community Watch program to help neighborhoods in unincorporated Onslow County deter crime and improve neighbor-to-neighbor communication. He told Onslow County Today the spring Citizen Law Enforcement Academy will begin Feb. 11 and that applications will open in January on the sheriff's office Facebook page.
The renewed Community Watch effort is intended to be “community maintained and a community driven, approach to, deterring crime,” Dixon said on the county program. He described the sheriff's office role as a liaison that…
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