I along with other concerned residents and business owners was pleased by the great turnout for the first Mare Island Neighborhood Watch Meeting on Wednesday, May 12th at the Mare Island Elementary School. Bob Sampayan a retired VPD Sergeant gave a good presentation to the 63 in attendance. Sampayan, who retired in 2006 with 35 years of law enforcement experience and ran the downtown substation for 5 years, answered many questions about how to organize our group. Here is a link to download the pdf manual http://www.fight-back.org/programs/neighborhood-watch.php Some residents have started Yahoo email groups to communicate news and just to share what is going in our community.