Topics of Neighborhood Crime, Security and Safety
  • Keep a keen eye for any package deliveries as "Grab the package contents and toss the packaging on the lawn" is currently in vogue.
  • Keep all downstairs doors and windows closed AND locked, especially when you are upstairs.
  • Watch your mailboxes as mail theft is on the rise.
  • Consider security cameras and barking dogs as deterrents to burglaries, etc.  Visible locked side gates are a MUST deterrent.
  • If your gut tells you that you are witnessing suspicious activity, assume that it is just that!  Take a photo of it (if you can) and pass on a photo AND/OR a short narrative of what you observed via email to fellow neighborhood watch members.  If it is really concerning issue, call the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) immediately.  
  • If you have an emergency situation while at home and need to call SJPD from your cell phone, dial SJPD Emergency at (408) 277-8911 for quicker answering.  Calling 9-1-1 from a cell phone while at home will delay reaching SJPD as 9-1-1 calls are routed to the CHP, with a short delay in reaching SJPD.
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Penitencia  NEIGHBORHOOD association [PNA]

What  your  COMMUNITY neighbors  Are  Saying

"Your neighborhood association group is a model of effective and proactive neighborhood association programs for the City of San Jose. "

"Your neighborhood association's motto of WATCH, REPORT AND LEARN really works!"

"Your neighborhood association's "deterrent programs ARE working" due to lower overall property crime on your groups streets and courts in recent months."

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PNA is a 501(c)(4) non-profit regional neighborhood association having a shared unity by its residential members with a solid sense of a caring community.
- PNA has over 500 members on 67 streets and courts located in the Upper Penitencia Creek region of the City of San Jose, CA, District 4.