Black Friday Crowds Get Police Info, Deals

About 800 people turned out late on Thanksgiving to get in line for Target's .

Watsonville police showed up also and took advantage of the captive audience to hand out information about crime prevention programs, according to Police Chief Manny Solano. Voluntees and police cadets encouraged people to sign up for Nixle, a free emergency notification system.

Setting up in front of Target was also symbolic: .

Solano said the effort was a great success and Manager Shawn Shugrue thanked police for being there. The chief didn't mention, however, if he got in any holiday shopping when the doors opened at 12 a.m.