Neighborhood Watch — Cindy Brookshire

Cindy Brookshire has been a member of the Weems Neighborhood Watch in Manassas for more than two years. In that time, she has found ways to expand the watch program from a crime-reporting entity to one that also cleans up the neighborhood and brings the community together.

How did you get involved with neighborhood watch?

I would often walk my dog and see a lot of trash on Weems Road. There was a phenomenal amount of litter. So I called the Manassas neighborhood services coordinator, Kisha Wilson Sogunro, and she put me in touch with the then-1-year-old Weems Neighborhood Watch group. There were about 50 or 60 people involved then. There’s 94 members now.