A neighborhood watch sign attached to a door.

Neighborhood Watch

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 22, 2012

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida, WNYC reporter Ailsa Chang and Robert McCrie, professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice department of security, fire, and emergency management and an expert in community policing, join us to look at the role of neighborhood watch groups and citizen law enforcement.

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