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At the Phoenix Police Department\u2019s quarterly Coffee with a Cop event, Rosa Pastrana can typically be found live streaming the west Phoenix based meeting with her smartphone. For the last six years, Pastrana has been the leader of the Osborn Block Watch in the Maryvale neighborhood, and this video feed is just another way she\u2019s working to keep her 832 members on Facebook connected with local law enforcement.<\/p>\n
A mother of four herself, Pastrana\u2019s group is mostly made up of fellow Latina moms. \u201cSometimes American people say, \u2018oh, the police department [doesn\u2019t] have a good relationship with Latinos,\u201d she explains. \u201cBut look at us here–moms with their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pastrana and her neighborhood\u2019s relationship with local law enforcement hasn\u2019t always been this close, though. Six years ago, after her truck was stolen three times, she felt police weren\u2019t doing enough for her predominantly Latino neighborhood.<\/p>\n
But rather than passively standing by, Pastrana approached police to ask for more help. Their solution? A neighborhood block watch. Pastrana says, at first she didn\u2019t know what a block watch was. \u201cI didn\u2019t understand, \u201c she said. \u201cBut I said yes because I want [to] work directly with police.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when she founded the Osborn Block Watch. It\u2019s goal is simple: support local police by staying vigilant and always keeping watch. The group also works to alert the city of Phoenix of graffiti and overflowing trash bins.<\/p>\n