(MSCC) Eileen Miller, Frank Kelly, August 15, 2018 — National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships to help make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. It seeks to strengthen the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement, fostering a true sense of community.”

“The event has been held annually since 1984, and is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch in the United States and Canada.^[2] National Night Out began simply with neighbors turning on their porch lights and sitting in front of their homes.^[2] The first National Night Out involved 2.5 million residents across 400 communities in 23 states; National Night Out 2016 involved 38 million residents in 16,000 communities across the United States.” — Wikipedia