NFHA Crime Watch
Working to Reduce Opportunities for Crime
Report a Crime or Suspicious Activity
Information Needed About Suspects
Ongoing Crime Watch Objectives
Contact the Crime Watch Coordinator
What Is Crime Watch?
Crime Watch is an information network for alerting neighbors to crimes committed in the neighborhood.
We share this information so that neighbors can be vigilant and take precautions. We do not investigate the crimes.
We support the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's efforts by distributing Crime Watch materials.
To Report a Crime or Suspicious Activity
Do not approach anyone to investigate criminal or suspicious activity. Withdraw to a safe distance and call the IMPD dispatch immediately at 327-3811. Every second counts!
Call 911 only if there is a life-threatening emergency or a crime in progress.
After calling IMPD, tell your Block Captain what has occurred. The Block Captain will see that the basic facts are shared with your neighbors (protecting your privacy) so everyone can be alert and report to IMPD anything they may have seen recently. Back to top
Information Needed About Suspects
This is the type of information law enforcement will ask about.
Description: Approximate age, race, sex, height, weight, unique characteristics (scars, nose, jewelry, etc.), color and type of clothing. Compare your height and weight with the suspect's.
Vehicle: License number, make, model, color, any noticeable damage.
Direction and Mode of Travel: Did suspect leave by car, truck, or on foot? Back to top
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Contacts
911 Emergency Dispatch (crimes in progress, life-threatening emergencies)
327-3811 Non-Emergency Dispatch
Normandy Farms is located in IMPD's Northwest District
327-6600 Northwest District Main Number
327-6606 NW Community Relations Officer
327-6572 Crime Watch Specialist
327-6417 NW Domestic Violence Advocate
327-6825 NW Narcotics Complaints
327-6616 NW Neighborhood Complaints (non-emergency)
327-6525 NW Traffic Complaints
327-6652 NW Community Prosecutor
Crime Watch Needs YOU!
NFHA needs a Block Captain for an unstaffed block. Could this be a job for you? We would ask you to:
- Share crime prevention information with twelve families.
- Alert your neighbors to reported incidents in Normandy Farms.
- Keep your contact list up-to-date as new neighbors move in.
Serving as a Block Captain takes just a little time and makes a big contribution to your neighborhood.
Note: If your block already has a Block Captain, you can volunteer for a block that doesn't have one.
Email NFHA about being a Block Captain
Ongoing Crime Watch Objectives
- Get more neighbors tapped into the Crime Watch information network.
- Encourage neighbors to get to know each other and look out for one another.
- Get neighbors to commit the IMPD dispatch number to memory, 327-3811.
- Get neighbors to call in suspicious vehicles when they see them, not the next day. A disposable camera is handy to snap pictures of suspicious vehicles or activities.
- Get neighbors to report vandalism as well as larcenies and burglaries so IMPD has an accurate picture of crime in our neighborhood.
- Keep pressing on ways to eliminate opportunities for criminals.
- Alert our city councillor to ask for more patrol officers and investigators when urgent problems arise.
- Encourage residents to take an active role in our neighborhood Crime Watch program. Back to top