Crime & Safety

Annual National Night Out - See a list of local Celebrations

Join your neighbors on Tuesday, August 7th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm for food, music, and public safety awareness!

Communities will once again gather on Tuesday, August 7th, for the 29th Annual National Night Out Event. 

Join your neighbors on Tuesday, August 7th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm for food, music, and public safety awareness! The event will be held at the intersection of South Olympian Way and Waters Drive. The Westview Community Organization and its sponsors will donate hot dogs and beverages. Neighbors are encouraged to contribute buns, sides, and school supplies.

This year’s City of Atlanta theme, The More We Get Together, The Safer We’ll Be, promotes keeping our communities safe, block by block. The Atlanta Police Department, the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department and other city agencies are working together to get neighborhoods registered for this event.

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One of the other National Night Out events to our area is the 17th Annual National Night Out West End Community Block Party at , 543 Hopkins St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

There will be music, food, games, school supplies, and free bookbags.

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Lastly you can meet and greet APD officers at the AUC National Night Out from 6:00pm-8:00pm in Cleopas R. Johnson Park.  There will even be a bicycle repair program for kids sponsored by WeCycleAtlanta.

 

HISTORY
National Night Out, ‘America’s Night Out Against Crime,’ was introduced by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) in 1984 to prevent crime, drugs and violence in cities across America. That first year, 400 communities in 23 states participated in National Night Out. Nationwide, 2.5 million Americans took part in 1984. The 28th Annual National Night Out last August involved 37.0 million people in 15,110 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities, and military bases worldwide.

ABOUT NNO
National Night Out is designed to:

  • Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;
  • Generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs;
  • Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
  • Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

INFO
More information about National Night Out can be found at http://www.nationalnightout.org


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