Arlington Heights Police Department Forensics Unit (See photos from 2009 event).
The Arlington Heights Police Department and Park District are teaming up for National Night Out, Tuesday, August 7, from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. in North School Park, Miner Street and Arlington Heights Road. The event, which is annually sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch and Target Stores, is held to heighten awareness of crime prevention and to generate support in anticrime programs.
The National Association of Town Watch and Target Stores annually sponsor this event, which is held to heighten awareness of crime prevention and to generate support in anticrime programs.
The Village of Arlington Heights event has received national recognition every year from 2005 to 2011. The Arlington Heights event is compared to other events in jurisdictions with populations between 50,000 and 99,000. The Arlington Heights NNO celebration has moved up the rankings each year. In 2011 our event was ranked 15th nationally and the highest in Illinois for our category.
National Night Out will be bigger and better in 2012. The following will be part of the event:
• Illinois CHIP Program sponsored by the Illinois Masons will provide parents with a free disc containing their child’s fingerprints, photograph and voice sample. A DNA sample can also be requested.
• The Arlington Heights Police Department K-9 unit will conduct a full demonstration which includes bite and drug work. There will also be police representatives from the following specialty assignments: Accident Reconstruction, Financial Crimes, Child Safety Seat technicians, Crime Prevention, Forensics, Traffic, and Animal Welfare.
• The Arlington Heights Fire Department will conduct a repelling victim rescue demonstration. They will also have several vehicles on display.
• The Cook County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad will display their equipment which may include an isolation chamber and robot.
• Illinois State Police DUI golf cart course will be one of the attractions.
• Village of Arlington Heights Engineering Department will be sponsoring a child fun photo booth.
• The Arlington Heights Police Department Traffic Unit will demonstrate their motorcycle skills.
• The American Red Cross is displaying their disaster command post vehicle.
• The United States Army will be bringing numerous vehicles, various combat simulators and a football toss game.
• The Union Pacific Railroad will have an informational display.
• The Arlington Heights Park District will provide free beverages and food items, children’s games, business expo and other fun activities.
There will be much more than what was listed above.
Cook County Sheriff’s Police Bomb Squad with sheriff’s experts and robot at the 2009 National Night Out event in North School Park at Arlington Heights Road and Eastman Street.
View Larger Satellite View of North School Park …
National Night Out is a community-police awareness event in the US, held the first Tuesday of August. (Texas has the option to use the alternate date of Tuesday, October 4, 2011, in case of hot weather.)
National Night Out has been held annually since 1984 and is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch in the United States and Canada. National Night Out or NNO main objectives are to increase awareness about police programs in communities, such as drug prevention, town watch/Neighborhood Watch, and other anti-crime efforts.
See also …
Official National Night Out website from National Town Watch
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