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BE HERE WITH EVERYONE, PARTICULARLY ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN IN GRAND PRAIRIE WHEN NEIGHBORS MEET, GREET, EAT, AND EVEN DANCE IN THE STREET.
WELCOME TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
IT'S THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, THE ANNUAL SHOUT OUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST OUTDOOR GET TOGETHERS, WHICH NOW INCLUDES ALL 50 STATES AND MORE THAN 10,000 COMMUNITIES.
IT MAKES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COME TOGETHER AND WE HAVE, UH, JUST A, A GREAT TIME IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
IT ONCE AGAIN MEANT DOZENS OF BLOCK PARTIES AND COOKOUTS WHERE RESIDENTS TOOK TO THE STREETS ON A VERY PLEASANT EARLY OCTOBER EVENING TO GET TOGETHER WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND PLAY HOSTS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND SEVERAL OTHER OFFICIALS INCLUDING GP MAYOR RON JENSEN AND THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED IN 1984.
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT'S GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A NEIGHBORLY SETTING FOR CITIZENS OF ALL AGES WHERE THEY GET TO MEET MANY OF THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, NICE, SHARE SOME IDEAS, FORM FRIENDSHIPS, AND ULTIMATELY MAKE THEM BETTER PARTNERS FOR REDUCING CRIME.
IT GIVES OUR COPS A CHANCE TO GET OUT AND RECHARGE OUR BATTERIES.
WE SEE THE VERY BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IN, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE AN OFFENDER OFF THE STREET, BUT INSTEAD WE'RE GETTING A CHANCE TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH PEOPLE WE'RE SEEING AT THE SUPERMARKET OR IN CHURCH.
AND IN YEAR NUMBER 40 GRAND PRAIRIE HOSTED OVER 40 DIFFERENT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS.