25th Annual National Night Out
Tuesday, Aug. 5 |
Once a year, citizens leave an outside light on in symbolic unison over the need for citizen involvement in
crime prevention. The effort grows a little bit every year. Many neighborhoods throw pot-luck parties or ice-cream socials. Police officers and firefighters from Prior Lake visit the parties to mingle with community members and let children look through police squads and fire trucks.
In 2008, Prior Lake police officers and firefighters will attend neighborhood parties from 6 to 9 p.m. Check out the National Night Out event flier.
To have police officers or firefighters attend your block party, call the Prior Lake Police Station at (952) 440-3555. Be sure to leave contact information and an explanation of where and when the party will be.
National Night Out occurs on the first Tuesday in August every year, typically,
between 6 and 9 p.m. It was started by the National Association of Town Watch, a nonprofit crime prevention organization that works with thousands of crime-watch groups and law-enforcement agencies around the country.
The first year of the effort saw 400 communities in 23 states participate. In 2006, 35.2 million people in 11,125 communities in all 50 states participated in National Night Out.
More information on the program is available on the
National Night Out website.
|
