Several people walking up the stairs outside of an apartment complex as part of the community security watch.

Resource Hub

Security Watch

Helping residents stay aware, connected, and coordinated around recurring safety concerns.

Purpose

Safety requires trust, communication, and shared awareness.

Community Security Watch is a collaborative effort that helps communities stay connected around recurring safety concerns. The initiative works with residents, businesses, neighborhood groups, security teams, and community partners to improve communication and support safer neighborhoods.

This initiative is not a replacement for emergency services or law enforcement. It is a way to strengthen awareness, identify patterns, and support follow-up around non-emergency concerns affecting residents, businesses, and public spaces.

Councilmember Tulba, center, talking to a staff and police officers in front of a shopping center corridor.
Councilmember Tulba, center, talking to a staff and police officers in front of a shopping center corridor.

Process

Understanding Security Watches

Community Security Watch supports neighborhood safety through communication, visibility, and partnerships with residents, businesses, and security teams.

Monitor

Communicating with residents.

Residents, businesses, and partners share recurring non-emergency concerns they are seeing in their neighborhood or business area.

Monitor

Communicating with residents.

Residents, businesses, and partners share recurring non-emergency concerns they are seeing in their neighborhood or business area.

Communicate

Canvassing the target areas.

The office helps organize information, identify patterns, and share concerns with the appropriate partners, agencies, or community groups.

Communicate

Canvassing the target areas.

The office helps organize information, identify patterns, and share concerns with the appropriate partners, agencies, or community groups.

Coordinate

Establishing monthly walks.

A recurring monthly security walk helps to promote unity among residents and community partners.

Coordinate

Establishing monthly walks.

A recurring monthly security walk helps to promote unity among residents and community partners.

Community Priorities

What are we trying to address through Security Watches?

Councilmember Tulba wearing a neon orange vest on the street holding up a shakaa sign.

Recurring Concerns

The initiative is built for patterns that continue over time, including concerns around visibility, gathering areas, business corridors, public spaces, and neighborhood conditions.

Councilmember Tulba wearing a neon orange vest on the street holding up a shakaa sign.

Recurring Concerns

The initiative is built for patterns that continue over time, including concerns around visibility, gathering areas, business corridors, public spaces, and neighborhood conditions.

four people in frame posing with a photo and holding shakas in a field.

Shared Awareness

Residents, businesses, and partners can better respond when they know what others are seeing and where concerns are concentrated.

four people in frame posing with a photo and holding shakas in a field.

Shared Awareness

Residents, businesses, and partners can better respond when they know what others are seeing and where concerns are concentrated.

A police officer on the left and a community member on the right in a bright green shirt standing outside of an apartment complex.

Clear reporting paths

The office helps residents and partners understand where different safety concerns should be directed, including when to contact emergency services.

A police officer on the left and a community member on the right in a bright green shirt standing outside of an apartment complex.

Clear reporting paths

The office helps residents and partners understand where different safety concerns should be directed, including when to contact emergency services.

Stay Connected

Establish a Security Watch in your area

Let us know if you want to start a security watch in your area, have interest in partnering with us, or want to address recurring non-emergency concerns.

Community Initiatives

There's more! Explore other district programs.

The District 9 office is committed to providing hands-on resources. Explore other active initiatives we're championing throughout the community.

Councilmember Tulba left talking to a business owner, right, in front of their store talking about issues.

Business Outreach

Meeting directly with businesses to understand their needs, identify challenges they're facing, and explore opportunities to support economic vitality.

Councilmember Tulba left talking to a business owner, right, in front of their store talking about issues.

Business Outreach

Meeting directly with businesses to understand their needs, identify challenges they're facing, and explore opportunities to support economic vitality.

Councilmember Tulba left talking to a business owner, right, in front of their store talking about issues.

Business Outreach

Meeting directly with businesses to understand their needs, identify challenges they're facing, and explore opportunities to support economic vitality.

A photo of a homeless encampment.

Walk the Block

Walking through commercial corridors and neighborhoods to observe conditions firsthand, document concerns, and inform future initiatives.

A photo of a homeless encampment.

Walk the Block

Walking through commercial corridors and neighborhoods to observe conditions firsthand, document concerns, and inform future initiatives.

A photo of a homeless encampment.

Walk the Block

Walking through commercial corridors and neighborhoods to observe conditions firsthand, document concerns, and inform future initiatives.

Two people in frame walking on a sidewalk in an industrial area.

Win Back Waipahu

Bringing together business owners, community leaders, and stakeholders to collaborate on solutions that strengthen and revitalize Waipahu.

Two people in frame walking on a sidewalk in an industrial area.

Win Back Waipahu

Bringing together business owners, community leaders, and stakeholders to collaborate on solutions that strengthen and revitalize Waipahu.

Two people in frame walking on a sidewalk in an industrial area.

Win Back Waipahu

Bringing together business owners, community leaders, and stakeholders to collaborate on solutions that strengthen and revitalize Waipahu.