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A BEAUTIFUL FALL EVENING ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF OCTOBER, PROVIDED THE PERFECT SETTING FOR SCENES LIKE THIS ALL OVER GRAND PRAIRIE.IT'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AN ANNUAL INVITATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD GET TOGETHERS, POP UP, BLOCK PARTIES AND COOKOUTS WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES GET OUTSIDE TO MEET, GREET, AND EAT, CELEBRATING ITS 41ST ANNIVERSARY.
THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT CAMPAIGN INVOLVES ALL 50 STATES AND MORE THAN 10,000 COMMUNITIES.
AND IN GRAND PRAIRIE NEIGHBORHOOD, NNO EVENTS OFFER CITIZENS THE CHANCE TO MINGLE WITH POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AND CITY OFFICIALS IN A FUN SOCIAL SETTING WITH THE GOAL OF HEIGHTENING AWARENESS FOR DRUG AND CRIME PREVENTION, GENERATING SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS IN COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE CITY.
WITH THE GPPD, THE NEIGHBORS WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, POLICE OFFICERS.
IT'S GREAT BEHIND THE SCENES INFORMATION JUST ABOUT HOW POLICING WORKS, BUT ALSO FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO JUST HAVE THAT CHANCE TO INTERFACE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS A LITTLE BETTER.
AND THEN ALSO SOME CITY OFFICIALS.
IT'S GREAT, GREAT TO HAVE THE POLICE PRESENCE HERE.
'CAUSE THEN, UM, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR, THE YOUNG KIDS KNOW TOO THAT THEY ARE SAFE, THEY'RE SAFE TO GO TO.
AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY SO WE CAN TALK TO THEM AND HAVE A FACE TO THE NAMES.
SO WHEN WE SAY, HEY, THE POLICE ARE STOPPING BY, OR THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT IT AND NOT FEARFUL MORE THAN 50 DIFFERENT GRAND PRAIRIE NEIGHBORHOODS HOSTED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS THIS YEAR.