National Night Out events coming Aug. 4

Several area police departments are participating in this year’s National Night Out.

National Night Out is an event that promotes community-police awareness across the country, and is held by localities each year during the first week of August.

We’ve got information about National Night Out celebrations in your area.

Prince William

National Night Out is Tuesday, August 4th. Check with your homeowners association to see if our motorcade is coming through your neighborhood or to register your event go to www.nno.org. We hope to see you.

Stafford

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office will once again be participating in the Annual National Night Out event on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. 17 different neighborhoods have signed up to host a National Night Out event in their neighborhood with most events starting in the late afternoon and going to the early evening.

The Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Aquia Harbour Volunteer Rescue Squad, is also participating in a community wide National Night Out event at the TARGET parking lot of the Stafford Market Place. This is an open event that is also being held on Tuesday, August 4 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Everyone is invited to come by and enjoy numerous family fun activities. 149 different vendors, community organizations and businesses will be participating. That is an additional 59 over 2014.

National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs and strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. National Night Out sends a clear message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and participating in active crime prevention.

Manassas

National Night Out is August 4, 2015!
This just in! MCPD will be giving the first 20 families who bring a non-perishable food item and donate it towards the Team Summer Quest’s Food Drive 4 SERVE will receive a photoelectric (dusk-to-dawn) cell for their porch lights, FREE!

National Night Out (NNO) is “America’s Night Out Against Crime” – a time when neighbors come together and take a stand against crime. NNO helps send the message to criminals that the Manassas community does and will continue to fight back against crime. It also raises safety and drug awareness, strengthens community spirit, and enhances the partnership between residents and first-responders which makes every effort of safety possible.

August 4, 2015 will mark the third annual city-wide NNO event hosted by the City of Manassas. It is a community- and service-oriented, family-friendly gathering open to all. The event activities on the Museum Lawn, a food drive to benefit the Northern Virginia Family Service SERVE Food Pantry, demonstrations by first-responders, opportunities to meet the City staff and volunteers that help keep residents safe year-round, free Museum admission, food, and fun for all ages. The City also participates in individual neighborhoods’ grassroots NNO events upon request. Whether you’re planning to host your own event or to attend ours, mark your calendar and follow MPCD on Facebook and Twitter for updates in the weeks leading up to the event.

To receive your official organizational kit and stay connected with National Association of Town Watch throughout the year, register your neighborhood’s event at www.nno.org.

Manassas Park

Manassas Park Residents are invited to join in the National Night Out celebration,Tuesday, August 6, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Signal Hill Park, 9300 Signal View Drive, Manassas Park.
National Night Out (NNO), sponsored by Manassas Park Police (and McGruff the Crime Dog), features local, state and federal law enforcement exhibits, equipment and personnel. Also at the event will be civic outreach organizations, lots of food, fun and much more. 

Each year, localities across the country gear up to celebrate “community” and promote crime prevention and crime fighting awareness with National Night Out events. Manassas Park is no exception. The City’s 2012 NNO drew a crowd of 2,500 – 3,000.

Dumfries

On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, the Dumfries Police Department is asking Town residents to join in celebrating the vital role of the community in supporting and working with the Police Department to prevent and fight crime. We are asking communities to light up the night against crime by turning on their outside porch lights from 6:00 p.m. to midnight in a show of strength and unity.

We are also asking individual neighborhoods to get together and organize gatherings in their community that night to celebrate community pride. 

Neighborhood involvement could be as simple as a group of residents waiting outside to greet the motorcade as it drives through the community or a more formal gathering that might involve a community cookout or picnic, drinks and snacks, an ice cream social, etc.  The Dumfries Police Department is able to supply a variety of handouts such as coloring books to assist individual neighborhood efforts.

This is a great opportunity to demonstrate community unity and to stand together in support of effective police/community partnerships!

Please call the Dumfries Police Department (703) 221-1111 to let us know about your neighborhood celebration or with questions. 

Haymarket

The 2015 National Night Out Celebration will be held on Tuesday August 4, 2015 from 5 pm to 9 pm at the Town Hall/Police Department location, 15026 Washington Street, Haymarket, Virginia 20169. As always, we will have representatives from various agencies and lots of fun for the whole family. This year we will have a dunking tank for charity with some law enforcement officers and public officials making the sacrifice for a worthy cause, so please come out and help us reach our goal! We will also have a hula hoop contest, a drawing to win 1 of 4 new bicycles and 1 of 2 bicycle starter packs, Papa John’s pizza, live music, and lots more!!!

We look forward to another great time celebrating the Annual National Night Out with the community so please come join us!