Crime watch

A Neighbourhood Action Group, or NAG, is a UK initiative, set up to deal with key issues identified by a community's first public consultation. The group is coordinated by the police.This may happen in the form of a public meeting, through surveys done face-to-face or by mail, or a combination of methods. NAGs are volunteer working groups made up of representatives from the community.They will include residents, the police, local authority and other organizations, such as local businesses and schools. Ideally, NAGs represent a cross-section of the society they represent, including representatives from groups such as neighbourhood watch schemes and local councils. They are key to the success of neighbourhood policing as it is this group which will plan on behalf of the community and organise for tasks to be completed. In effect, they are the 'doers', accountable locally for responding to problems a community wants to tackle.