clean up
|
added Category:1984 establishments in Pennsylvania using HotCat
|
||
(27 intermediate revisions by 16 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Community-police awareness-raising event in the United States}} |
|||
{{Infobox holiday |
{{Infobox holiday |
||
| holiday_name = National Night Out |
| holiday_name = National Night Out |
||
Line 7: | Line 8: | ||
| month = August |
| month = August |
||
| image = National Night Out-2010.JPG |
| image = National Night Out-2010.JPG |
||
| caption = A band plays on the [[Mississippi River]] during National Night Out in [[Central, Minneapolis|downtown Minneapolis]] in August 2010 |
|||
| caption = National Night Out in downtown [[Minneapolis]]; Cadillac Kolstad, [[Cornbread Harris]], and Johann Swenson on the [[Mississippi River]] |
|||
}} |
}} |
||
'''National Night Out''' is a community |
'''National Night Out''' is a [[community policing]] [[Consciousness raising|awareness-raising]] event in the United States, held the first Tuesday of August.<ref>"[http://www.goldenvalleymn.gov/events/nighttounite/ Minnesota's Night To Unite]". ''City of Golden Valley, Minnesota''. August 3, 2015.</ref> [[Texas]] celebrates on the first Tuesday in October.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://natw.org/about | title = National Night Out/About }} |
||
</ref> |
|||
==History== |
==History== |
||
|
National Night Out was established by Matt Peskin in the western suburbs of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], and has been held annually since 1984. In the United States, the event is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch.<ref name= bringsneighbors>Block, Deborah (August 3, 2016). "[https://www.voanews.com/a/national-night-out-brings-neighbors-together-fight-crime/3448047.html US National Night Out Brings Neighbors Together to Fight Crime]". ''VOA News''.</ref> National Night Out began simply with neighbors turning on their porch lights and sitting in front of their homes.<ref name= bringsneighbors/> The first National Night Out involved 2.5 million residents across 400 communities in 23 states; National Night Out 2016 involved 38 million residents in 16,000 communities across the United States.<ref>"[https://natw.org/history History]". ''National Night Out''. National Association of Town Watch. Retrieved June 13, 2017.</ref> |
||
== Activities == |
== Activities == |
||
The event is meant to increase awareness about police programs in communities, such as [[drug prevention]], [[town watch]], [[neighborhood watch]], and other anti-[[crime]] efforts. |
The event is meant to increase awareness about police programs in communities, such as [[drug prevention]], [[town watch]], [[neighborhood watch]], and other anti-[[crime]] efforts. |
||
The events are typically organized by block watches, nonprofit organizations, companies, and police departments. These events can be as simple as backyard cookouts |
The events are typically organized by block watches, nonprofit organizations, companies, and police departments. These events can be as simple as backyard cookouts or as complex as full-blown festivals like the one on the west side of [[Columbus, Ohio]].<ref>Engel, Pamela (August 7, 2012). "[http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/08/07/residents-to-spend-night-out.html Residents to spend Night Out, Block-watch events designed to put a crimp in crime]". ''The Columbus Dispatch''. Retrieved September 12, 2016.</ref> The South Central Hilltop Block Watch in Columbus organizes one of the largest, which includes live music, food, and entertainment. |
||
In [[Oxnard, California]], neighborhoods such as Sycamore Senior Village have cookouts |
In [[Oxnard, California]], neighborhoods such as Sycamore Senior Village have cookouts, live music, dancing, and visitsby police officers, fire fighters, and paramedics with safety demonstrations, exhibits, and projects for all residents.<ref>Tash, Debra (July 14, 2016). "[http://citizensjournal.us/ventura-pd-national-night-out-register-your-neighborhood-and-celebrate/ Ventura PD National Night Out]". ''Citizens Journal'' (Ventura County, California). Retrieved June 13, 2017.</ref> |
||
==References== |
== References == |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
==External links== |
== External links == |
||
* {{URL| |
* {{URL|https://natw.org|National Night Out}}, main web site |
||
[[Category:August observances]] |
[[Category:August observances]] |
||
Line 36: | Line 38: | ||
[[Category:Recurring events established in 1984]] |
[[Category:Recurring events established in 1984]] |
||
[[Category:Tuesday observances]] |
[[Category:Tuesday observances]] |
||
[[Category:1984 establishments in Pennsylvania]] |
National Night Out is a community policing awareness-raising event in the United States, held the first Tuesday of August.[1] Texas celebrates on the first Tuesday in October.[2]
National Night Out was established by Matt Peskin in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has been held annually since 1984. In the United States, the event is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch.[3] National Night Out began simply with neighbors turning on their porch lights and sitting in front of their homes.[3] The first National Night Out involved 2.5 million residents across 400 communities in 23 states; National Night Out 2016 involved 38 million residents in 16,000 communities across the United States.[4]
The event is meant to increase awareness about police programs in communities, such as drug prevention, town watch, neighborhood watch, and other anti-crime efforts.
The events are typically organized by block watches, nonprofit organizations, companies, and police departments. These events can be as simple as backyard cookouts or as complex as full-blown festivals like the one on the west side of Columbus, Ohio.[5] The South Central Hilltop Block Watch in Columbus organizes one of the largest, which includes live music, food, and entertainment.
InOxnard, California, neighborhoods such as Sycamore Senior Village have cookouts, live music, dancing, and visits by police officers, fire fighters, and paramedics with safety demonstrations, exhibits, and projects for all residents.[6]