For Immediate Release

Media Contact: Marc Nachman Marc@alberts-inc.com or 423-975-0013

The Neighborhood Watch Committee of the Downtown Neighborhood Association is pleased to announce the implementation of the “Suspicious Activity Reporting System (SARS).”

This is a way for suspicious activity to be collected, analyzed, and reported as trend information rather than single events.  While a single event may not warrant action, the trend of several similar events could warrant action.

SARS is the next evolution of the Neighborhood Watch program started this year by the Downtown Neighborhood Association.  The reporting system is imbedded in the DNA web site (www.jcdna.org).

All you have to do to report a suspicious activity is click your left mouse button on the “Neighborhood Watch” sign in the front page of the web site.  This will take you to a linked form with easy to use, fill in the blank questions about the event you observed.  When you are finished, click your left mouse button on the “Submit” button to send the information to the DNA Neighborhood Watch Coordinator.  Once the information has been collected and analyzed.  The resulting trend information will be reported to help target areas and types of suspicious activities that need greater attention.

As always, if the event is an emergency, you should contact 9-1-1 immediately.  Of for a non emergency, call the Johnson City Police Bureau at 434-6160.

We encourage you to become familiar with and use SARS when needed.  Your comments are always welcome.

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