With 8,200 In Attendance, South Brunswick Night Out A Huge Success

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — The annual Night Out held in South Brunswick was a huge success with 8,200 community members in attendance.

“We had perfect weather and an unbelievable crowd,” Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said. “The partnership with all our volunteers, corporate sponsors, and residents made it a great night. Police leaders from around the state ask me how we have such large turnouts for this event, I tell them it is because we have such a great community”.

According to the police department, the event was one of the largest in the state with 8,200 people in attendance. The event created a carnival-like environment with rides, displays, and food.

It also highlighted the close relationship shared between the police department and community members.

Here's some data from the event:

• 8,200 community members were in attendance
• 8,000 bottles of water were given out
• 3,250 hot dogs were served
• 1,000 ice pops and ice cream were given out
• 420 pizzas were made on a wood-fired brick oven truck and served

The event allowed officers to interact with residents and show them behind-the-scenes aspects of police work.

One of the highlights was the ability to dunk a police officer.

Officer Sean Nally spent three hours in the dunk tank, allowing residents to put him in the water.

“It was all about giving back and being part of a great night,” Nally said.

There were multiple display tables on how the South Brunswick Police work.

Additionally, the FBI and US Treasury Agents were on hand to show their department’s equipment.

Also on display were all the other emergency service departments in the Township from fire to EMS.

Lieutenant Gene Rickle, the event coordinator said, tahnked all the sponsors who helped put the event together.

“We expanded our event like never before to offer more food, rides, and games. That was only possible because we had some great sponsors,” Rickle said.

“This year we had Hermann Total Distribution Service step forward to be a Diamond Level Sponsor as well as our Platinum sponsors Aurobindo, Coca-Cola, Wakefern, and Dayton Toyota.”

Chief Hayducka too thanked all the sponsors. “An event of this magnitude is not possible without our sponsors. I thank each one of them for their support of the police department and this event,” he said.

Here are some photos from the event, courtesy the South Brunswick Police Department:

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