Encinitas Celebrates National Night Out Tuesday

ENCINITAS, CA – Community members and law enforcement officers across the country, county and city of Encinitas, will celebrate National Night Out Tuesday night. The annual event promotes community-police partnerships, crime prevention and neighborhood camaraderie.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is inviting the public to a dozen different events around the county.

In Encinitas, community members will have a chance to meet the sheriff's deputies who patrol the local neighborhoods, learn about the department's services, get crime prevention tips and participate in family-friendly activities. The event takes place from 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1 in the Target parking lot at 1010 N. El Camino Real. Sheriff Bill Gore will join the festivities in Encinitas starting at 3:30 p.m.

Created in 1984, National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. Last year, more than 37.8 million people and 16,124 communities across the United States, Canada, U.S. territories and military bases participated in the event.

Visit sdsheriff.net for more information about the National Night Out events hosted by the sheriff's department throughout San Diego County.

Can't make it to any of these events? Leave your porch light on as a show of solidarity on National Night Out.

Image credit San Diego County Sheriff’s Department