Community Saftey
On Line Watch Link, or OWL, keeps communities safe, helps reduce crime and keeps people informed of what’s going on locally. It’s a shared, secure platform for the public and local authorities to maximise the potential of Neighbourhood Watch, Rural Watch, Business Watch and dozens of other schemes.
What is OWL?
OWL is just a means of passing information to you easier and more quickly than ever before. “OWL” is an interactive On-Line Watch Link that has been developed across various parts of Wales and England over the past few years. It operates by helping communities prevent and detect crime, support one another and be more aware of what is going on in their communities. Using modern technology and communication this makes life easier and simpler for all to be involved; as it is interactive it will allow you to send any messages back just as easy.
Messages, including crime alerts and timely crime prevention advice, are sent out by the OWL Administrator to OWL users, members in an instant, sometimes within half an hour of a crime occurring. The system allows messages to be received by telephone, fax, email, mobile phone, flyers or letter so people who do not have access to the internet do not miss out on OWL. It is highly effective and efficient way to get important information out.
The Scheme is FREE to join and there are no costs to you, the resident, for joining OWL, your details will be held on a secure database within a police station and will not be passed to any other party. All data will be held with Flintshire & Wrexham Online Watch Link Association in connection to OWL/Watch and our data protection registration with
ICO.
Click here for more information on OWL, and its activities and for details on how to register for email alerts.
If you would like to set up your own Neighbourhood Watch scheme click here to download the form which you need to fill in and return to OWL who will help you with all the rest.
Look out for additional information from OWL in the PCSO’s column, Country Beat, in The Oracle.