HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023 August National Night OutPROCLAMATION
National Night Out
August 1, 2023
WHEREAS: The National Association of Town Watch is sponsoring a special
national and international community crime prevention campaign on the evening of
Tuesday, August 1, 2023 called "National Night Out," and
WHEREAS: It is important that all citizens of Columbia Heights be aware of the
importance of crime prevention programs and the positive impact that their participation
can have on reducing crime and drugs in our neighborhoods: and
WHEREAS: "National Night Out" provides an opportunity for Columbia Heights
residents to join together with millions of people in thousands of communities across the
country in support of safer neighborhoods and to demonstrate the success of cooperative
crime prevention efforts; and
WHEREAS: Neighborhood spirit and cooperation is the theme of the "National
Night Out" project and plays an important role in helping the Columbia Heights Police
Department fight the war on crime and drugs in our community.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Amada Marquez Simula, Mayor of the City of Columbia
Heights, do hereby call upon all citizens of our community to join the Columbia Heights
Police Department in supporting and participating in the annual "National Night Out"
event on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
FURTHER LET IT BE RESOLVED that I hereby proclaim Tuesday, August
1, 2023, as "NATIONAL NIGHT OUT" in Columbia Heights.
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