Resident "Lease Violations Neighborhood Patrol"

Greetings everyone!
We have a very large community (1091 units- duplexes and single structure homes) All of our staff has a small portion of the homes that is their "zone" and they monitor it weekly to make sure all the homes are staying uniform and in compliance with the rules of their leases. Lately some of our residents are wanting to have a more active role by nominating a "Street Monitor" for each area, and having that resident "patrol" the area looking for common violations like overgorwn flowerbeds, dogs running loose or tied out, cars parked on grass, etc.
I was just wondering if anyone else had any experience with this, or a program similar, or any advice to give? Thanks!

The closest I've come to something like this is from when I was an RA with a residential program; some of the kids in my dorm wanted to help us during our off-duty time to monitor after-hour activity. We wound up with a volunteer from each floor and wing who would basically walk the hall at a designated time and then come to report to a staff member if they noticed anything out of the ordinary. My only recommendation for anything like this, especially with a larger community, would be to have the volunteers get office team/corporate approval and some kind of official "training" on what is and isn't their responsibility or right to enforce or monitor (i.e. letting the office know about a violation might be okay ... accosting another resident, or reporting that a neighbor's dog is "barking at 2 am" maybe not so much)

I have had something similar. We had a block watch "president" for one of the areas in the complex.

She and her "staff" were like an extra set of eyes and ears and really aided us in maintaining the atmosphere and decorum of the property. She was very good in that way.

However.....

Be prepared to be bombarded constantly with every major,minor, and insignificant detail that happens on site. Also be prepared for the occasional over-stepping of boundaries as titles have a tendency to bring out the overbearing authoritative side of people.

My suggestion would be to encourage participation because it could definitely benefit in the long run, but I would also suggest regular meetings so you can be informed and can set boundaries on things that will come back to bite you in the end.