Another Tale of Two Cities*
Neighborhood Watch:  from Ann Arbor to Baghdad

Sandra L. Arlinghaus
Fall, 2007
Ann Arbor's Tale
Neighborhood Watch:  Year 2000 and Forward


2000--Neighborhood Watch Newsletter archive in electronic format
2001--Improvement in Neighborhood Watch strategy involving current techology, August.  World Trade Center and other bombings, September 11.  Case Study Landmark:  Neighborhood Watch Advisory Board (later "Panel") established in Ann Arbor.  Original set of members
2002--Neighborhood Watch printed newsletters:  Sample
2003--
2004--
2005--Weekly e-mail Neighborhood Watch bulletins began
2006--Earliest adoptors of i-neighborhoods appear online:  http://www.i-neighbor.org/
2007--i-neighborhoods continue to appear.



Sources:
  • Adele ElAyoubi, Crime Prevention Specialist and Crime Analyst, City of Ann Arbor Police Department.  Link to full interview, November 2007.
Sandra Lach Arlinghaus, Fall 2007.

*Reference to and quotations from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
Ann Arbor Baghdad
Weekly AA timelines