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CAMARILLO CELEBRATES NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON AUG 2

Saturday, August 2nd Open House at the Camarillo Police Department

By Sharon Rosenthal, www.camarillo.macaronikid.com July 27, 2014
In recognition of National Night Out, the Camarillo Police and Ventura County Sheriff’s Office will host an Open House for the public on Saturday, August 2, 2014, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the Camarillo Police Department location, 3701 E. Las Posas Road.

McGruff the Crime-Fighting Dog will greet you and your family. Police representatives will conduct guided tours of the facility all afternoon. The department’s law-enforcement equipment, technology and other resources will be on display.



You’ll enjoy demonstrations by the SWAT team, bomb-disposal vehicle and robot, mounted patrol, search-and-rescue unit, K-9 deputy and dog partner, patrol and traffic units, crime scene investigation.



(CSI) unit, Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), youth services personnel, Neighborhood Watch members, Citizen Patrol, and the Camarillo Police mobile command post. Games and activities for children will also be offered, including “Kid Print” fingerprint ID service.



This event is planned In recognition of the 31st Annual National Night Out (NNO) program which will be celebrated this year on Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Any municipality, law enforcement agency, crime prevention organization, community group, or neighborhood interested in participating, is invited to contact NATW now to receive information on National Night Out 2014.

A NOTE ABOUT OXNARD'S CELEBRATION:
Oxnard will celebrate National Night Out across the city on Tuesday, August 5th. CLICK HERE for all the details. If you have any questions about Oxnard's NNO email miguel.lopez@oxnardpd.org.

NNO 2013 involved over 37.8 million people in 16,242 communities from all 50 states,  U.S. territories, Canadian cities, and military bases worldwide. National Night Out 2014 is expected to be the largest ever.

National Night Out, a yearlong community building campaign, is designed to: (1) heighten crime prevention awareness, (2) generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs, (3) strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships, and (4) send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

For  more information on National Night Out Programs visit http://natw.org/