WVEC 13News has done a story on Portsmouth Sheriff Bill Watson and his Community Enforcement Unit which has had much success in the Cradock area of Portsmouth. We previously reported on Cradock in our article Cradock is taking Cradock back. The Sheriff is seeking Portsmouth City Council’s permission to expand the successful program, possibly outside of the City’s borders.
The newsclip reminds viewers that the Partnership meeting this Thursday will include Lt. Cherry with the Community Enforcement Unit of the Portsmouth Sheriff’s office who helped to set up the watch program in Portsmouth.
The 13News video can be viewed here: Community policing cuts crime in Cradock
After attending the Craddock Block Watch meeting and seeing the great things the neighborhood residents with the help of the police and the special sherrif’s unit have done I am very hopeful that something along the same lines can be implimented in our area. Please try to come to the meeting and hear what they have done and most importantly what worked for them. Hope to see you there. RJ Luce
I also attended.It was very interesting.I hope everyone comes with open minds to hear what is working in there city.