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Officer R.J. Harr / Coppell Police Department
"National Night Out is a nationwide event designed to heighten crime-prevention awareness. It encourages people to get out of the house and meet their neighbors. It strengthens neighborhood spirit and generates neighborhood participation in other anti-crime programs, such as a neighborhood watch. If everyone in the neighborhood is committed to reducing crime, then crime will go down. Reducing crime in the neighborhoods is the main goal of National Night Out. When neighborhoods participate in this program by having a neighborhood block party, it sends a message to criminals that the neighborhoods are fighting back against crime. "
