August 4, 2009 will be another evening where families and communitie members will be out taking back their streets from the criminal element.
According to the national organization this event was started in 1984 and was the brain child of NATW Executive Director Matt A. Peskin. The first year 400 communities in 23 states participated in events with 2.5 million Americans taking part. Last August 37 million people in 15,499 communities from all 50 states took part.
It should be very interesting to see who will be out this year since it is an election year for the mayor and the city council. Crime has become a major theme for this year’s local elections and the voting public is looking for answers on how to reduce it all over the city. For more information checkout this website: National Night Out 2009