My personal belief is that one’s security should all be internal, using personal symbols and language. No application is that secure. If someone can see your screen, it all goes out the window. I don’t really trust any messaging app or “secure” email.
Blueberry devices had a self-contained messaging that could be used just within the system - it was very useful to, for example, terror groups like “Occupy.”
And what if your network goes down? In such an event, your neighborhood watch would likely be faced with extra concerns about crime. So, using a simple code of flashlight or headlight flashes, walkie-talkie beeps, and other things should also be discussed.
Finally, if felons are wandering your neighborhood looking for things to get into and observe folks out on patrol, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
My current focus is on the females, I’m trying to keep the men out of it and get the ladies to get to know each other, build relationships/friendships, build a social network and come to think of themselves as the eyes and ears of our community, the ear to the ground sensitives.
The women worry about personal harm and we men worry about our sheds and homes being burglarized.
The males already dominate the community with community service and are an aggressive lot with most of us having a weekly coffee meeting with guns, prayer, pledge of allegiance, and a schedule for helping people with repairs, weeds, etc for free.
The men are ready to charge in and patrol with guns etc. and right now I don’t want them involved and tell them so, I am determined that our Neighborhood Watch first establish the moms and single women and kids as the focus of the group first, or else we men will just take it over with guns and walkie talkies like we do everything else here.
Dangerous felons are not a big concern in this gun and veteran-heavy community, petty crime, broken windows, fearful women living alone, and feeling alone socially is my current focus.