National Night Out Set For Tuesday In Levittown

Update: 6:45 a.m. Tuesday

LEVITTOWN, PA —National Night Out is planned in several communities throughout Levittown on Tuesday night.

Here are the National Night Out events:

3rd Annual National Night Out in Bristol Borough

The 3rd Annual National Night Out in Bristol Borough takes place from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Warren Snyder-John Girotti Middle School at 450 Beaver St. The event features members of local law enforcement, emergency vehicles, health, and resource information, bounce house, games, face painting, DJ, give-a-ways and more.

Bristol Township National Night Out

Bristol Township National Night Out, sponsored by the Bristol Township Parks and Recreation Department, will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Bristol Township Municipal Park. Enjoy a special night with the men and women of the Bristol Township Police, Fire, & EMS teams. The free event features a Mobile Police Station, Patrol Cars, K-9s, Fire Trucks, Ambulance, and more. Plenty of activities for the kids such as Face Painting, Balloon Artists, Atomic Obstacle Course, Hungry Human Hippos, DJ R. Boogie, and of course everyone’s favorite the Dunk Tank. There will also be vendors and food trucks.

Falls Township National Night Out

Falls Township National Night Out has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Aug. 13, due to a forecast of inclement weather. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Falls Township Community Park. The event features a K9 demonstration, a smoke house, 50/50 raffle, funnel cake, food, the police command unit, a foam party, game truck, the Kona Ice Truck, Wags Rescue, and the Spare Parts Band.

Middletown Township National Night Out

Middletown Township National Night Out will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 5 Municipal Way in Langhorne. The free event features a Police K-9 Demonstration, a Police Motor Unit Show, vehicle tours, food trucks and tents, games, vendors, local businesses, and more.

The event was postponed Monday afternoon due to the impending dreary forecast Tuesday.

National Night Out typically falls on the first Tuesday of August.

National Night Out began out of the Philadelphia suburbs. In the 1970s, Matt Peskin volunteered for Lower Merion's neighborhood watch, patrolling his neighborhood and often collaborating with local police.

He found the collaboration between law enforcement and civilians to be successful and began collaborating with similar groups, establishing the National Association of Town Watch in 1981. But Peskin decided something more was needed.

So three years later, the association celebrated the first National Night Out, which involved 400 communities across 23 states.

The 41st year of the event will involve millions of people from 16,500 communities from all 50 states.

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National Night Out is designed to heighten crime prevention awareness; generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs; strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships, and; send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

The annual event has spread to 17,000 communities encompassing 38 million people, according to National Night Out's website. Many of the events combine festivities with education about local police initiatives.