Put on your walking shoes, bring your appetite and get ready to meet your neighbors.It’s time for National Night Out, and across Collier County, CCSO deputies and citizens are getting ready to take to the streets.
National Night Out is Tuesday, Aug. 4.
The annual event heightens crime and drug prevention awareness and strengthens neighborhood spirit.
This year’s event represents CCSO’s most wide-ranging National Night Out ever, from a block party in North Naples to a community cookout in Copeland and from youth programs to neighborhood walks with deputies.
Sheriff Kevin J. Rambosk encourages community members to come out and get to know the deputies who serve them. Sheriff Rambosk believes that the best way to keep our neighborhoods safe is for law enforcement and citizens to partner together.
Dozens of CCSO deputies are set to visit neighborhoods around Collier County and spend time talking with neighbors.
Please join us as we let criminals know they are not welcome in Collier County.
Along with the traditional display of outdoor lights and front porch vigils, neighborhoods will celebrate National Night Out with a variety of events and activities.
Here’s a look at the CCSO events and activities planned for Tuesday night:
NORTH NAPLES: Block party, the corner of Michigan Avenue and 10th Street North, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. This event will feature free food and beverages from a variety of vendors. There will be a child safety seat inspection station, neighborhood safety assessment tours as well as a SWAT demonstration and the Florida Highway Patrol rollover simulator. Red. E. Fox will be on hand to talk to kids about 911. There will also be deputies from the Traffic and Crime Prevention units and Youth Relations Bureau. Plus much more!
There will also be a Crime Prevention booth at Target, 2324 Pine Ridge Road, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
GOLDEN GATE: Crime Prevention booth, Target Supercenter, 2415 Tarpon Bay Blvd., 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
EAST NAPLES: Crime Prevention booth, Wal-Mart Supercenters, 6650 Collier Blvd. and 9885 Collier Blvd. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES: Crime Prevention booth, E’s General Store, Oil Well Road, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
EVERGLADES: Crime Prevention booth, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Everglades City Hall;
Neighborhood cookout, Copeland/Lee Cypress, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
IMMOKALEE: Crime Prevention walk-and-talk through Farm Worker Village, Arrowhead Preserve, Crestview Apartments and Carson Lake Circle, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
