NWSCA
| Northwest Security Coordinators Online Newsletter |
Volume 10 Issue 2 - April 1999
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Harris County Sheriff’s Department
Crime Prevention Unit- Plans National Night Out
National Night Out - Tuesday, August 3,
1999. Mark this date on your calendar and start
planning now to help alert your residents to this important date in our
fight against crime. National Night Out was founded in 1983 by Matt
Peskin of Wynnewood, Pa and has grown to become recognized in all 50 states.
The purpose of National Night Out is to unite communities and neighborhoods
against crime. Many citizens are becoming filled with fear from increasing
crime and retaliation. A feeling of hopelessness and eventually indifference
begin to prevail, prohibiting us from making positive changes in our environment.
It is possible to begin uniting the people for the common cause of making
the neighborhood a safer place to live, work, and play.
National Night Out is an opportunity to effect a change, and it only
takes one person to begin. Do you care enough to begin the process?
Our neighbors may feel the same way, but we will not know unless we step
outside and meet them. Together we can utilize resources designed
to assist in reclaiming our neighborhoods. For the most part, it
takes little courage to make the effort to meet someone new. It is
neighbors meeting neighbors, working together to make neighborhoods safer
by watching out for each other.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Department has deputies waiting for your
call to help implement a National Night Out Program in your community.
Call 713-759-9454. There are many suggestions available that communities
can do to help celebrate this year’s National Night Out, here are but a
few. Purchase watermelons for each block in your subdivision so each
block can hold a block party, encourage residents to plan their own block
get-together with a barbecue or perhaps making ice cream by hand with lots
of toppings for young and old alike. Some subdivisions have
crime information booths set up at their club house and serve hot dogs,
soft drinks, and chips. Believe me, if food is available people will
come out and socialize. Be creative and think of what you can suggestion
or plan for your subdivision. This truly can be a lot of fun and
a great way to meet your neighbors.
Be sure to call the Crime Prevention Unit to let them know of your
plans so they can make sure and have a couple of Sheriff’s Deputies stop
by to meet your residents. |
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