POLICE DEPARTMENT
National Night Out –
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The three things criminals
hate most are lights, sounds,
and crowds. On National Night
Out, we want you to gather your
neighbors and friends, turn on
your porch lights, and step
outside. This will create the
three elements criminals hate
most and send a clear message
that they should avoid operating
on your street.
On National Night Out people
nationwide will join together
with neighbors, friends,
businesses, and police to send a
signal to criminals that we will
not tolerate crime in our
communities.
National Night Out is a
central point of focus for our
community to rally together to
fight crime. It is also an
essential component to our
Neighborhood Watch Program
creating an opportunity within a
neighborhood to celebrate and
come together. National Night
Out is a demonstration of the
positive value of a strong
community and police partnership
based on a mutual concern for
the safety of our neighborhoods.
With each porch light that is
left on, and each streetlight
that illuminates a neighborhood,
a beacon of hope is sent to
good, honest citizens and a
strong message sent to
perpetrators that crime will not
be tolerated.
There are many activities you
can do with your neighbors to
show unity, share crime
prevention tips, and help keep
criminals out of our backyard.
Here are just a few suggestions:
- • Host a Neighborhood
Watch Block Meeting
- • Have a Block cookout
with games, etc.
- • Have programs and
crafts for children to do
with a crime prevention
theme.
- • Sit outside with your
neighbors – make plans and
set goals to improve your
neighborhood. Focus on one
project you can work on as a
neighborhood over the next 6
months or year.
- • Conduct a disaster
preparedness drill, and be
sure everyone has a 3 to 5
day survival kits.
- • Host a Crime
Prevention art contest, 1
entry per household, and
display them in front of
your home.
Remember to turn on your
porch lights (between 7 p.m. to
10 p.m.), lock your doors and
windows, and step outside to
talk with your neighbors and
friends. Working together we can
send a message to criminals that
they are NOT welcome in
Huntington Beach.
