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Royal Oaks Civic Association
10158 Haddington
Houston, Tx. 77043
713-464-3700
Royal Oaks Civic Association Citizen's Patrol
- General Description and History — Started in 1990 by residents in coordination with the Houston Police, Citizen's Patrol has become an integral part of our security. Citizen volunteers patrol our neighborhood and report questionable activities to police through neighborhood base stations. The City provides much of the equipment and magnetic signs for automobiles. Volunteers are expected to either patrol the neighborhood on a scheduled basis or man the local base stations to relay messages from the mobile patrols. Time commitments can be as little as one hour per week.
- Confidentiality — Much of the information of the Citizen's Patrol is confidential, so much so that the assumption is that information is confidential until known otherwise. Names are rarely used on the radios, houses are known by random generated numbers rather than street addresses so that no information is unwittingly given out over the radio and manuals are safeguarded.
- Volunteers — All work is done by volunteers. Volunteers are always needed and always welcome as patrollers or base station operators.
- Coverage — Coverage is limited to the willingness of you and your neighbor to participate as volunteers. The greater the participation, the greater the coverage, the greater the impact.
- Royal Oaks Citizen's Patrol Automobile Stickers — These blue stickers stuck on the rear window of residents’ cars are a key part of the program. Use of the stickers permits the patrollers to identify cars that belong and don’t belong in the community. They aren't expensive, but very valuable. Call the Citizen's Patrol Coordinator to make arrangements to obtain these stickers.
- Royal Oaks Citizen's Patrol Help Line — Each patroller and each base station checks the voice mail on this number before each of their shifts. Any resident can leave a message and know it will be picked up by the Citizen's Patrol volunteers, from vacation dates to lost pets. Many times, this line is actually forwarded to the base station operator on duty.