Code Watch
A Code Watch is an added patrol service designed to keep a resident’s home safer when they're out of town or dealing with unusual concerns. When traveling, residents can notify their Regional Command with details such as travel dates, vehicles on-site, lighting, pets, and emergency key holders. Patrol officers receive this information and conduct periodic drive-by checks during their downtime, watching for anything out of the ordinary. This is not a full inspection, just an outer perimeter check intended to detect suspicious activity while the home is unoccupied.
Code Watches are also available for residents who are home but experiencing suspicious or threatening activity, such as vandalism, theft, or unwanted individuals on their property. In these cases, officers may spotlight the home, walk the perimeter, or check in with the residents to ensure their safety. Anyone can request this service by calling their Regional Command and providing details about the address, the times the activity occurs, and the type of behavior observed. The information is then shared with patrol officers so they can keep an extra eye on the residence.
Request Code Watch
Camera Registration
The goal of the camera registration program is to strengthen collaboration between the community and the City of El Paso to help improve neighborhood safety. By identifying homes and businesses with security cameras facing public areas, investigators can quickly determine whether useful footage exists when a police-related incident occurs nearby. If so, an officer may contact participants using the preferred method listed on their registration form to ask whether any relevant video was captured.
Sharing footage is entirely optional and participants may provide a recording upon request or choose not to. The program is completely voluntary, offers no compensation, and participants can remove themselves from the registry whenever they wish.
Registration Application