Central News East: 04.01.1984: Neighbourhood Watch

Summary

Malcolm Munro reports on the launching of an American style Neighbourhood Watch scheme in Leicester, which it is hoped will cut down on the amount of house break-ins.

Year:

1984

Duration:

0:02:39

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

View of terraced street of houses (Tyndale Street in the Westcotes area of Leicester). Shots of police delivering neighbourhood watch leaflets and close up leaflet held in hand. Close up shots of American police badges (the scheme in which people keep an eye on their neighbours' houses is an American one). Interview with Inspector Gordon Clarke, who explained that the police are visiting people in the neighbourhood and asking them to keep a watch on the houses of people who are at work all day or on holiday and to report any suspicious circumstances. Interviews with a people on their doorsteps about the scheme.


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Notes

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