A friend on citizen patrol had taken a picture of our house and sent it along, for reassurance.

He said Dr. Muhammad offered to help the neighborhood organize its own citizen patrols.

The report said an 11-member committee formed by the state's Buddhist monk organization was running the city and citizen patrols were handling security.

The citizen patrol, working closely with the police, stepped up patrols of the neighborhood after the terrorist attacks and even more in recent weeks.

Their 30 civic organizations have helped combat crime by setting up citizen patrols and neighborhood watch programs.

In Jerusalem, informal citizen patrols also size up passers-by.

The exhibition covers the period from the 17th century, when citizen patrols were formed to watch for Indian attacks and fires, to the present day.

The citizen patrols proposed by the Mayor represent the latest prong of his effort to defuse violence.

The plan calls for neighborhood crime prevention units and more foot patrols, including citizen patrols.

The government of Baden started, therefore, in 1848, a citizen patrol to calm this political movement down.