The Leesville Police Department will be participating in the National Association of Town Watch's 29th Annual National Night Out on Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The National Association of Town Watch is a nonprofit, crime prevention organization that works in cooperation with thousands of crime watch groups and law enforcement agencies throughout the country.
National Night Out is designed to:
(1) Heighten crime prevention awareness
(2) Generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs
(3) Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships
(4) Send a message to criminal letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.
To Show your support, leave your outside porch light on or come join us for a fun-filled evening at Liberty Park which is located next to the Vernon Parish Public Library from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Police Officers will be available to talk about Halloween safety, bicycle safety, stranger danger, and give general safety tips. If you are interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch Program in your neighborhood an Officer will be available to speak with you. We will have free food and things for the kids such as balloons, glow sticks, stickers, and many door prizes to include free bicycles.
Dare the DARE Lion will also be present so bring your cameras. In addition we will be giving away free identification packets, which include an ink-less fingerprint kit and DNA collection swabs. This identification packet is used as a law enforcement tool to assist police agencies in locating missing and lost children.
