The Lubbock Police Department is excited to announce a partnership with Nextdoor (www.nextdoor.com), the private social network for neighborhoods, to improve city-wide and neighbor-to-neighbor communications.
This partnership with Nextdoor will enable the Lubbock Police Department to use Nextdoor to build stronger, safer communities with the help of Lubbock residents. The Lubbock Police Department and Nextdoor neighborhoods will be able to work together to increase safety and strengthen virtual neighborhood watch.
Having the ability to easily communicate with residents is extremely vital to not only maintaining, but also increasing safety and reducing crime within our communities. With Nextdoor, we can help empower neighbors to keep their communities safe and connected, as well as give them the ability to collaborate on neighborhood watch efforts.
Nextdoor has already proven to be an essential and well-adopted tool for Lubbock residents. Already more than 85 neighborhoods, representing 80% percent of the neighborhoods in Lubbock, have started Nextdoor websites.
With Nextdoor, Lubbock residents can create private neighborhood websites to share information, including neighborhood public safety issues, community events and activities, local services, and even lost pets. The
Police Department will be able to post information, such as important news, services, programs, free events, and emergency notifications to Nextdoor websites within the city.
Nextdoor is free for residents and the Police Department. Each Lubbock neighborhood has its own private Nextdoor neighborhood website, accessible only to residents of that neighborhood. Neighborhoods establish and self-manage their own Nextdoor website and the Police Department will not be able to access residents’ websites, contact information, or content. All members must verify that they live within the neighborhood before joining Nextdoor. Information shared on Nextdoor is password protected and cannot be accessed by Google or other search engines.
Those interested in joining their neighborhood’s Nextdoor website can visit www.nextdoor.com or download the free app and enter their address. If residents have questions about their Nextdoor website, please visit help.nextdoor.com.
(News release from the Lubbock Police Department)
