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How the internet ruined the neighborhood watch summary by Bram Pennings

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Article summary Ron Huijbers

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logbook & reflection Guus

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NOTHING TO HIDE - documentary about surveillance and you (2017)

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Neighborhood Watch Program - Los Angeles Police Department

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It is the mission of the LAPD to safeguard the lives and property of the people we serve. To reduce the incidence and fear of crime, and to enhance public safety while working with the diverse communities to improve their quality of life.

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Early this year, a crime spree hit the usually quiet residential neighborhood of Grandview, northeast of downtown Phoenix, Arizona.

Over a period of three months, there were 25 home burglaries in the neighborhood, often carried out while residents were out for just a few hours. When police work failed to produce any arrests, the community took to the Internet to do some sleuthing on its own.

They crowdsourced details of the crimes on Nextdoor.com, a private social network for urban neighborhoods, and began noticing patterns. The burglars would wait to see a homeowner leave and then enter the house and stuff a pillowcase with high-value items like jewelry, guns and cameras before slinking out. Sometimes, they'd hit as many as three houses in a day.

The residents started a virtual neighborhood watch using Nextdoor, sending out detailed alerts about any suspicious cars or people and essentially live-blogging strangers' movements throughout the 1 square-mile area.

Led by Grandview neighborhood association President Slade Grove, the community eventually gathered enough information and attention to push the local police department into action, resulting in an undercover sweep of the area and multiple drug busts. Though no arrests have yet been specifically tied to the break-ins, the rate of burglaries fitting that pattern in Grandview has plummeted.

"Before, they didn't have these tools. It was people chit-chatting in their front yards," Grove said. "I think it has shown the police department that we are an active neighborhood and that we are very concerned about crime.

"I think it has also shown them that we will stand up for our neighborhood, and by God, you better pay attention to us."

Neighborhood watch groups have been around for decades. They are meant to empower residents to report suspicious activities to police without acting on them directly. Now, thanks to mobile devices and social media, today's homeowners are using a new arsenal of digital tools to fight crime, coordinate in an emergency and revitalize the neighborhood watch.

The National Sheriff's Association is working on an app that will help neighborhood watch members share real-time video surveillance footage shot on a smartphone with law enforcement and with each other. The hope is that the program will shorten response times between when civilians believe they've witnessed something suspicious and when police respond.

"After the Trayvon Martin case in Florida, we started looking at our program," said Chief John Thompson, deputy executive director of the National Sheriffs' Association.

Martin, 17, was shot and killed in February 2012 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch coordinator in his gated community of Twin Lakes, near Orlando. Zimmerman was not on duty at the time, and his actions were quickly disavowed by neighborhood watch associations, which frown upon vigilante violence.

"We don't want people to get involved, and this app would pretty much stop that. You wouldn't have to get out of your car. You wouldn't have to leave your house," Thompson said.

If a neighborhood watch member spots a crime in progress or suspicious activity, they can take out their smartphone, open the free iOS/Android app and hit the emergency button to record photos, video, audio and the precise GPS location of their phone. The information is automatically uploaded every few seconds to a secure cloud server, where it cannot be deleted.

The mapped alert with the video can be sent directly to the local police, other neighbors in the group and even a custom list of personal emergency contacts. It can also dial 911.

The new initiative, called Neighborhood Watch NOW, is a collaboration between the Sheriffs' Association and a company called ICE BlackBox, which developed the app. The tool has been in development for 2½ years and is rolling out this month in a handful of pilot neighborhoods, starting with two counties in Arizona and Minnesota. Local members and law enforcement agencies will need to be trained on the technology.

"It's going to be the future of neighborhood watch," said Thompson.

Although the Neighborhood Watch NOW app is designed to be used during emergencies, much of what happens daily in a neighborhood is far from 911-worthy: a stolen bike, broken car windows, loud parties and so on.

For the past year, the San Diego Police Department has used the Nextdoor app to field local concerns and improve communication with residents. Members also use Nextdoor to coordinate social events, announce garage sales, find contractors and track down missing pets. They say it makes them feel more connected to their neighbors.

Residents of Westgate Village, a suburb of San Jose, California, use Nextdoor to coordinate block parties and revive the quaint ideal of a neighborhood where people know each other's names and look out for one another. During a recent rash of garage robberies, members used Nextdoor to remind people to lock their garage doors.

To start a Nextdoor community, one person fills out an application and must sign up at least 10 neighbors in 21 days to make it official. More than 33,000 neighborhoods across the country now use the network.

In San Diego, each Nextdoor network is assigned a community relations officer who can use the platform to field questions, post crime updates and safety tips, and chat with members.

"It gives everyone a chance to actually get to know the officers that are working for them," said Matthew Tortorella, a San Diego police officer who oversees much of the department's social media.

He said the officers like Nextdoor as a way to address minor complaints, such as telling residents whom to call to remove graffiti. Tortorella also would like to see the app become even more hyperfocused, say on an apartment building with as few as 15 units. A single building could have its own network, and property managers could be trained on how to use the app to reduce crime.

Police also receive tips through the Nextdoor app. Recently, a resident in San Diego's northwest division spotted a Ford pickup that had been parked facing the wrong way for a number of days. They reported the car on Nextdoor, and when an officer went to check it out, they discovered that the vehicle was stolen and had been used in several burglaries in the area.

"We don't want (Nextdoor) to become a way of reporting crimes," said Tortorella. "We still want people to call the police."

Finally, Nextdoor could become another way for police and fire departments to quickly broadcast warnings, Amber Alerts and evacuation instructions. It's been used during California wildfires and the polar vortex that froze much of the U.S. over the winter.

"I believe that the best information comes from the authorities, but a lot of times, the authorities don't have a way to reach people," said Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia.

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hyperlocal apps help residents fight crime - cnn

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Hyperlocal apps help residents fight crime

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Early this year, a crime spree hit the usually quiet residential neighborhood of Grandview, northeast of downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Over a period of three months, there were 25 home burglaries in the neighborhood, often carried out while residents were out for just a few hours.

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Most people, whether they want to admit it or not, are pretty nosy. They want to know why there were cop cars parked outside their favorite restaurant last night, which driver was at fault for the accident they passed on their way to work, and why there was caution tape blocking off the street next to their kid's school.

Most people, whether they want to admit it or not, are also pretty impatient. Instead of waiting to see if the local news will have a report on it, they want answers now. They'll whip out their smartphones, punch in a string of words related to the incident ("car accident 8th Street and Main August 8 noon"), and hope to quickly get to the bottom of things.

And it makes sense. Of course you would want to know what's going on in your neighborhood - it directly affects you, your family, your friends, and your neighbors. If there's been a rash of car break-ins on your street, you want to be aware of this, so you can park under a streetlight and have that extra reminder to never leave anything valuable in your backseat. That's why so many areas have a Neighborhood Watch program in place.

But these days, Neighborhood Watch isn't just in effect on your streets, but also online. And this is where we run into trouble. Gossip spreads fast enough from mouth to mouth. Throw in a person who can type 140 words a minute and a Wi-Fi connection, and it's a whole different ball game.

There should be no better place to turn to than your local area's Nextdoor site or Facebook group. Under perfect circumstances, users would go on the site and share the information they received (only from trusted sources, of course), ensuring the whole neighborhood was on the same page. But that's not always what happens. Instead, people often use these groups to get on their soapboxes and complain about the problems of society, posting often-times racist and classist rants that in turn receive comments that would be more appropriate on a bathroom wall. There is no discussion, no consensus building, no coming together to find a solution. Indeed, neighborhood social media networks are quickly becoming some of the nastiest corners of the internet.

There is a Facebook group in my city that I'll call the Town Crier. For every legitimate post about a lost dog or the dozens of police cruisers outside Trader Joe's, there are 10 more with tales of people who use EBT cards to buy groceries only to drive away in a Mercedes, or groups of teenage hooligans roaming through the streets on the devil's favorite mode of transportation - gasp! - skateboards.

Then there's the misinformation being spewed by people who binge watched Law & Order one Sunday and now claim to have an intimate understanding of the judicial system, and others who apparently are privy to things no one else is. One woman on the Town Crier posted that homeless people have more rights than other citizens because they have free lawyers through the ACLU and even when they are violent and threatening, the police are too afraid to step in. Good to know!

I'm sure this isn't unique to the Town Crier. Here are a few examples of the archetypes you might find on your own neighborhood social media group:
The Casual Racist
Hey, this guy doesn't see color, okay? But ... there was a group of black teenagers on the sidewalk on Monday afternoon and on Friday morning, he noticed that some of his flowers were trampled on, so there has to be a connection, right? This person stays incredibly busy keeping tabs on "urban" young people as they walk down the street, his eyes laser focused on every step; meanwhile, some white kid just jacked his bike.
The Ranter
Everything is a big deal and a personal affront to this person. She often starts her diatribes with the faux question of, "Am I the only one who ... ?" knowing full well that she is not. She wants head pats and reassurance, and is most definitely in the comments section thanking the people who have rushed to her defense and demanding sympathy from those who leave her snarky replies.
The John Wayne Wannabe
It doesn't matter what the post is about, the answer is always the same: "That's why I have a concealed weapon permit!" "Try that with me, and I'll show them my .38!" These people get off on the whole good-versus-evil thing, fear-mongering, and thinking the worst is going to happen. Not every person knocking at your door is there to murder you and your entire family; sometimes it really just is the UPS guy.
The Mrs. Kravitz
She knows everything, and spends so much time looking out her window, there's a permanent smudge print from her nose. She knows when you leave for work and when you come home, what time the tree trimmers showed up, and that the plumber needed to make an emergency visit on a Saturday night. Don't bother trying to keep anything from her; it's impossible.
The Know-It-All
We've got someone here who, instead of working at the think tanks in Washington, is gracing our humble community with his knowledge of everything, so don't even bother questioning the fixes he's come up with for various problems. You heard it here first: The solution to ending homelessness was brought forward by some dude whose Facebook bio states he graduated from the School of Hard Knocks and whose cover image still has an iStock watermark.
The Well-Intentioned Citizen
Not everyone is terrible, of course. This person has a natural curiosity and just wants to know what's going on in their backyard, or maybe they found a lost dog and are searching for the owner. They are the type to cautiously leave a comment imploring people to look at a situation from the other side, and then are the recipients of a pile-on telling them to take their magnanimous approach to life elsewhere.

Look, I love the idea of neighbors coming together to have a discussion, but that's just not what's happening in a lot of these online community groups. Sure, it's comforting to hear opinions that match your own, but echo chambers can be dangerous, and so can swatting down dissent. There needs to be real talk about what's going on in our neighborhoods, but that's hard to do when the people you're trying to talk to would rather post memes or attempt to pass off a typo-riddled urban legend as their own experience. Instead of being a Ranter or a Know-It-All, let's all strive to be a Decent Person, who gathers all the facts before jumping to conclusions, doesn't turn every situation into an opportunity to bash someone, listens to what others have to say, and genuinely cares about the people who make up their community.

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How the internet ruined the Neighborhood Watch

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Most people, whether they want to admit it or not, are pretty nosy. They want to know why there were cop cars parked outside their favorite restaurant last night, which driver was at fault for the accident they passed on their way to work, and why there was caution tape blocking off the street next to their kid's school.

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Neighbourhood Watch helping Loneliness

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In July this year minister of state for care and support, Norman Lamb, suggested that Neighbourhood Watch groups could become involved in helping lonely or isolated people. While the Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network (NHWN), the umbrella body for schemes across England and Wales, supports this idea, what struck us immediately was that many Neighbourhood Watch members already do this.

People help their neighbours in all sorts of ways - shopping, cooking meals and other practical things. One of the most significant ways is by providing transport - particularly important for medical appointments, but also something that makes a big difference to people's social lives, enabling them to enjoy the human contact that is so important in alleviating loneliness.

A new survey has shown that the Neighbourhood Watch movement - known in some areas as Home Watch - has a vital role to play in supporting community cohesion. According to the survey, Neighbourhood Watch members are less likely than non-members to feel isolated; they are more likely to know their neighbours, to help them and to volunteer for other things within their community.

Lots of people want to see more of their family and friends, but mobility or transport problems make this difficult. Neighbours, however, are close by, and have huge potential to make a difference to people's lives.

People worry about being thought of as nosey. No one wants to be intrusive, and Neighbourhood Watch members in particular are understandably averse to being labelled "curtain-twitchers". Without talking to them there's no easy way to tell whether your seldom-seen neighbour feels lonely, is seething with fury at your leylandii or simply prefers their own company.

However, it was clear from the survey that many people wish their neighbours were chattier, and feel that more contact with neighbours would help them feel less isolated. A significant number of respondents said that "knowing neighbours better", "getting to know other people on my street", "a brief chat with neighbours" and "more friendly neighbours" would help mitigate feelings of loneliness.

People don't always see the value of a quick visit or chat. They think that once they have gone, their neighbour will be alone again and that their company doesn't really do any good. But the evidence shows that people absolutely do value those small interactions. Every friendly word adds up to a feeling of being part of a community and being surrounded by people who care about you.

Neighbourhood and Home Watch has moved over the years from being purely about crime prevention to including a social aspect - people getting to know their neighbours and forging a sense of community. Where a community cares about its members it is difficult for crime to flourish.

Neighbourhood Watch doesn't magically make people neighbourly, of course. It attracts people who are neighbourly by nature - those who want to have good relationships with those around them and make their area a nice place to live. And it is very effective at reducing crime, as a 2009 study showed.

The result of this is that areas with an established Neighbourhood Watch scheme tend to have low crime levels, which is great because Neighbourhood Watch is all about keeping people safe where they live. On the other hand, while NHWN is committed to supporting established schemes, we also need to work hard to expand the movement into the high-crime areas where it is most needed.

We need to think about what we can do to encourage people to reach out to those who live near them; not to force this but to consider what motivates people. A key part of this is proving that people really can make a difference.

Neighbourhood Watch in England and Wales is on the cusp of a subtle but important change. From an emphasis on physical devices and open eyes to keep our streets and houses safe, it is moving towards a holistic view of crime prevention in which neighbourliness and community cohesion play a vital role.

If you don't know your neighbours' names or rarely speak to them, why not reach out today?
Catherine Dunn is information, database and website manager at Why not join our social care community? Becoming a member of the Guardian Social Care Network means you get sent weekly email updates on policy and best practice in the sector, as well as exclusive offers. Sign up for free here.Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network (England and Wales). You can read the survey here. Topics

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How Neighbourhood Watch is helping to alleviate loneliness

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In July this year minister of state for care and support, Norman Lamb, suggested that Neighbourhood Watch groups could become involved in helping lonely or isolated people. While the Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network (NHWN), the umbrella body for schemes across England and Wales, supports this idea, what struck us immediately was that many Neighbourhood Watch members already do this.

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Social media has grown tremendously in the last few years. From 2006 onwards the growth rate is unexpectedly very high. Specially Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, Snapchat and Instagram have grown much faster and captured millions of users in just a few years. The way technology is growing, it is obvious that more and more people are going to grasp its benefits. It has brought a lot of advantages for the society. From progressed nations to under-developed countries, every nation is utilizing the power of social media to enhance life and use it for the bitterness of the people.

However, on the other hand it has also affected the society in the negative way. Just like anything which can be used for both good and bad, social media have also provided the negative and positive ways for the people. It is all about the usage and getting things done positively by using the power of social media. It is in the hands of the user to use to its advantage. But willingly or unwillingly it can still have negative impacts on the users. Today in this article I am going to discuss both the advantages and disadvantages of the social media for the society.

Let's start with the disadvantages first, because the advantages are numerous and everything is perceived to have a positive effect unless it is used negatively.

10 Disadvantages of Social Media for the Society

1:- Cyberbullying - According to a report published by PewCenter.org most of the children have become victims of the cyberbulling over the past. Since anyone can create a fake account and do anything without being traced, it has become quite easy for anyone to bully on the Internet. Threats, intimidation messages and rumors can be sent to the masses to create discomfort and chaos in the society. This research shows that approximately 1 in 20 students commits suicide in cyberbullying cases.

2: - Hacking - Personal data and privacy can easily be hacked and shared on the Internet. Which can make financial losses and loss to personal life. Similarly, identity theft is another issue that can give financial losses to anyone by hacking their personal accounts. Several personal twitter and Facebook accounts have been hacked in the past and the hacker had posted materials that have affected the individuals personal lives. This is one of the dangerous disadvantages of the social media and every user is advised to keep their personal data and accounts safe to avoid such accidents.

3:- Addiction - The addictive part of the social media is very bad and can disturb personal lives as well. The teenagers are the most affected by the addiction of the social media. They get involved very extensively and are eventually cut off from the society. It can also waste individual time that could have been utilized by productive tasks and activities.

4:- Fraud and Scams - Several examples are available where individuals have scammed and commit fraud through the social media. For example, this list contains the 5 social media scams that are done all the time.

5:- Security Issues - Now a day's security agencies have access to people personal accounts. Which makes the privacy almost compromised. You never know when you are visited by any investigation officer regarding any issue that you mistakenly or unknowingly discussed over the internet.

6:- Reputation - Social media can easily ruin someone's reputation just by creating a false story and spreading across the social media. Similarly businesses can also suffer losses due to bad reputation being conveyed over the social media.

7:- Cheating and Relationship Issues - Most of the people have used the social media platform to propose and marry each other. However, after some time they turn to be wrong in their decision and part ways. Similarly, couples have cheated each other by showing the fake feelings and incorrect information.

8:- Health Issues - The excess usage of social media can also have a negative impact on the health. Since exercise is the key to lose weight, most of the people get lazy because of the excessive use of social networking sites. Which in result brings disorder in the routine life. This research by seeker will shock you by showing how bad your health can be affected by the use of the social media.

9:- Social Media causes death - Not just by using it, but by following the stunts and other crazy stuffs that are shared on the internet. For example bikers doing the unnecessary stunts, people doing the jump over the trains and other life threatening stuffs. For example in this video 14 year old from Mumbai was doing stunts on a running train which caused his death. These types of stunts are performed by the teenagers because of the successful stunts made and shared over the social media.

10:- Glamorizes Drugs and Alcohol - One of the disadvantages of the social media is that people start to follow others who are wealthy or drug addicted and share their views and videos on the web. Which eventually inspires others to follow the same and get addicted to the drugs and alcohol.

10 Advantages of Social Media for the Society

1:- Connectivity - The first and main advantage of the social media is connectivity. People from anywhere can connect with anyone. Regardless of the location and religion. The beauty of social media is that you can connect with anyone to learn and share your thoughts.

2:- Education - Social media has a lot of benefits for the students and teachers. It is very easy to educate from others who are experts and professionals via the social media. You can follow anyone to learn from him/her and enhance your knowledge about any field. Regardless of your location and education background you can educate yourself, without paying for it.

3:- Help - You can share your issues with the community to get help and giddiness. Whether it is helping in term of money or in term of advice, you can get it from the community you are connected with.

4:- Information and Updates - The main advantage of the social media is that you update yourself from the latest happenings around in the world. Most of the time, Television and print media these days are biased and does not convey the true message. With the help of social media you can get the facts and true information by doing some research.

5:- Promotion - Whether you have an offline business or online, you can promote your business to the largest audience. The whole world is open for you, and can promote to them. This makes the businesses profitable and less expensive, because most of the expenses made over a business are for advertising and promotion. This can be decreased by constantly and regularly involving on the social media to connect with the right audience.

6:- Noble Cause - Social media can also be used for the noble causes. For example, to promote an NGO, social welfare activities and donations for the needy people. People are using social media for donation for needy people and it can be a quick way to help such people.

7:- Awareness - Social media also create awareness and innovate the way people live. It is the social media which has helped people discover new and innovative stuffs that can enhance personal lives. From farmers to teachers, students to lawyers every individual of the society can benefit from the social media and its awareness factor.

8:- Helps Govt and Agencies Fight Crime- It is also one of the advantages of the social media that it helps Governments and Security Agencies to spy and catch criminals to fight crime.

9:- Improves Business Reputation - Just like it can ruin any business reputation, It can also improve business sales and reputation. Positive comments and sharing about a company can help them with sales and goodwill. Since people are free to share whatever they want on the social media, it can impact positively when good words are shared.

10:- Helps in Building Communities - Since our world has different religions and beliefs. Social media helps in building and participating in the community of own religion and believes to discuss and learn about it. Similarly, people of different communities can connect to discuss and share related stuffs. For example Game lover can join games related communities, car lover can join communities related to cars and so on.

These are some of the advantages and disadvantages of social media for the society. However, these are the enough advantages and disadvantages to decide which way to go on the social media.

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List of 10 social media advantages and disadvantages for the society will help you understand what impact social media has on the society. Use for research or assignment.