Kommetjie has always been considered to be a quiet coastal village, people in the early days did not even lock their doors. This however gradually changed and it became apparent to some concerned citizens that some form of Neighborhood Watch was needed.

So the first Neighborhood Watch for Kommetjie was launched during 1982. Warrant Officer (First Class) W.J.Nell ( Oom Bill ) was the first Chairman. There was no need for a very active organization then, and it was more of an eyes and ears type Watch. When Oom Bill died during 1995 a local estate agent, Peter Yule took over and ran the organization in very much the same way as before. John Vail took over when Mr Yule emigrated. The Kommetjie Neighborhood Watch was quiet active and held regular meetings and sent out security tips to all Kommetjie residents. Unfortunately Mr Vail left the area and had to resign. His post was taken over by Des Huskissen.

Up to now the Neighbourhood Watch, although very similar to the current organization, had a much more passive approach. Some members felt that a more active approach was called for and started sending out regular newsletters called the "Kommetjie Brief". This was followed up by the establishment of a Mountain Watch similar to the Mountain Men of Lakeside and Clovelly. The "Dassies" consisted of approximately 16-18 members, mostly retired, who manned selected spots on the mountain above the village. It sadly came to an end about two years later due to members' ill-health, old age and members moving away from Kommetjie. The Kommetjie Neighborhood Watch also became a member of the local Community Police Forum and reacted with the neighborhood watches of Ocean View and took part in police patrols. The previous neighborhood watch probably ceased to be for the same reasons as with the "Dassies" during 2004.

The current Kommetjie Neighborhood Watch (Komwatch) was established at a very well attended meeting of local residents, held in the community hall at the local school during early February 2004. Terry Butler, who at the time had established their own neighborhood watch in Kingfisher Way, were the driving force behind the establishment of the Kommetjie Neighborhood Watch. Luckily for Kommetjie, Pat Evans took over from there and kept the new neighborhood watch alive until a management committee was chosen with Peter Lucas as the first, very competent chairman.

Peter developed the nuts and bolts of Komwatch and got the night patrols operational. Taking over from Peter was Robin Dauncey who transformed what Peter had set up into a more automated structure, using the website as the foundation for distributing information to members. In addition, the early stages of patrollers responding to incidents of crime was initiated. The radio system was formulated where residents could purchase a radio and use that to communicate with others. Alastair Mackie took over from Robin and built on the starting blocks created by the former teams. The Rapid Response Team (RRT) became more formalised and the radio holders expanded to the now 80 plus radio holders in Kommetjie. The RRT has been very successful in bringing down crime, assisting SAPS in arresting more than 50 criminals over the last 2 years.

The onerous responsibility placed on the RRT and tackling a more sophisticated criminal has resulted in a proposal to set up a Special Rating Area for Kommetjie to allow it to operate a community policing policy within a structured business plan, managed by a team of Kommetjie residents. Komwatch is busy putting the finishing touches to a business plan that will propose contracting community policing with an extensive surveillance camera system to assist in keeping Kommetjie a peaceful neighbourhood. Komwatch currently has about 550 members.