One night in your neighborhood...

For many years the Greenville Police Department has sponsored a NATIONAL NIGHT OUT event at the Greenville Town Commons.  In 2012, we are going back to the original NATIONAL NIGHT OUT model as it was conceived by the National Association of Town Watch.   Rather than being a single event, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is intended to be a series of more intimate, neighborhood-focused events, spread across the city.   Police officers will be visiting these events for participating neighborhoods. 

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2012  is scheduled for August 7, 2012.  NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is a collection of events happening in local neighborhoods all across America on this special day.  NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to reconnect friends and neighbors and strengthen neighborhood spirit against crime and criminal activity. 

Whether it is a block party,  a neighborhood picnic, an organized flashlight walk, or simply visiting friends in the front yard,  National Night Out 2012 is meant to be a local event focused on making your neighborhood safer.

How do you participate?  It’s very simple, and your neighborhood watch group can make a positive impact in an inexpensive way.  Organize a neighborhood walk.  Sponsor a small cookout.  Have a street party, or just pull up a lawn chair and visit.  You will have a chance to meet your area police officers.  Your National Night Out event does not have to be expensive or complicated.

Representatives from the Greenville Police Department will be attending National Night Out activities all across the City.  If your neighborhood chooses to participate, let us know and we’ll be there.

By attending a National Night Out event in your local neighborhood, you can show others that you are committed to making your street,  your block,  and your neighborhood a safer place to live.

Your NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2012 Coordinator is Lieutenant Edward Carson.  You can call Lt. Carson at the Greenville Police Department at 329-4373.

Please visit the NATIONAL NIGHT OUT website for more information:  http://www.natw.org/nno/about.html.     You can also register with the National Association of Town Watch and receive organizing kits, activity ideas, community watch tips, and other pieces of helpful information to get started.