La Grange Park to Participate in National Night Out

Submitted by the La Grange Park Police Department.

The La Grange Park Police Department Crime Prevention Unit and Fire Department will host the 2015 National Night Out evening on Aug. 4 at Memorial Park.

Festivities will begin at 7 p.m. and include entertainment, child safety seat inspections, food and refreshments. The event is free and open to residents, their families and friends.

National Night out is a nationwide annual campaign that has been held since 1984 and is sponsored by the national Association of Town Watch in the United States and Canada. The purpose of the event is to increase awareness about various police programs offered by communities, such as drug prevention, town watch, neighborhood watch and other anti-crime efforts.

Residents are asked to show their support for crime prevention by turning on their porch lights from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. the evening of the event.