Jogging the neighborhood is good. Walking the dog and TALKING to people is better. We make a point to stop and talk to our neighbors. A friendly "Hello" and "How are things on your end of the block lately?" goes a long way, especially if you do it regularly and often.
We get some great intel that way and we learn who's worth a damn and who isn't.
We've gone from myself and Mrs. L "running" the NW of over 100 homes in the beginning to having "Captains" running the NW on their own blocks complete with a rudimentary chain of command sort of thing going on.
Most of them didn't even realize they were being trained in it. The ones that did, well they're now part of the cadre.
Is it work? Yep. Sometimes it's a real pain in the ass.
But the upside is that if, well more like when, things go to Hell our little nut is going to be pretty well prepared and a damn sight harder to crack than other parts of town.
And that's about the best we can hope for I figure. The rest of it is way above my pay grade.
Parallel to a main “refugee route” being the worst.