Charles County Sheriff’s Office Announces Partnership with Nextdoor

Charles County Sheriff’s Office Partners with Nextdoor, the Private Social Network for Neighborhoods

The Free and Private Social Network for Neighborhoods Will Connect the CCSO and Residents Online

The Charles County Sheriff’s office has announced a partnership with Nextdoor (www.nextdoor.com), the free and private social network for neighborhoods, to build stronger, safer communities with the help of residents.

This integration with Nextdoor will enable the CCSO to communicate online with Charles County neighborhoods. Residents and officers 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,” said Sheriff Troy Berry. “Nextdoor can help empower neighbors to keep their communities safe and connected and give them the ability to collaborate on virtual neighborhood watch efforts.”

With Nextdoor, residents can create private neighborhood websites to share information, including neighborhood public safety issues, community events and activities, local services, and even lost pets. Nextdoor has proven to be an essential and well-adopted tool, both locally and nationally, with more than 40% of neighborhoods using Nextdoor across the country. To date, there are more than 50 Charles County neighborhoods set up in Nextdoor.

The CCSO will be able to share helpful information with Nextdoor members, such as crime alerts, safety precautions and tips, details for events and crime watch meetings, and updates on activity affecting the local area to Nextdoor websites within Charles County. However, the CCSO will not be able to access the private neighborhood websites, residents’ contact information, or content.

Nextdoor is a free service. Each neighborhood has its own private Nextdoor neighborhood website, accessible only to residents of that neighborhood. Neighborhoods establish and self-manage their own Nextdoor website. 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 and enter their address. If residents have questions about their Nextdoor website, please visit help.nextdoor.com.

Charles County Crime Solvers offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest or indictment of a person responsible for a crime in Charles County. Anyone with information about an unsolved crime or the location of a fugitive may contact Charles County Crime Solvers by calling 1-866-411-TIPS, texting CHARLES + the tip to CRIMES (274637) or submitting tips online at tipsubmit.com. All individuals who provide tips through Crime Solvers will remain anonymous. Learn more at the CCSO’s website.