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.
Lemonade stand, 1600 block of 41st St. S.W. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
EAST NAPLES: Crime Prevention booth, Wal-Mart Supercenters, 6650 Collier Blvd. and 9885 Collier Blvd. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Community policing deputies at Kmart, 12713 U.S. 41 E., 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Community policing deputies at Goodlette-Arms Apartments, 950 Goodlette-Frank Road N., 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
East Naples Community Park, 3500 Thomasson Drive, free movie and popcorn, 7 p.m.
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES: Community policing deputies at E’s general stores, at 14344 Immokalee Road and at 21 Golden Gate Blvd. E., at 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: Walk-and-talk, Farm Worker Village, 2225 Chadwick Circle; Arrowhead Preserve, 1226 Bush St. E.; Crestview Apartments, 715 Crestview Drive; and Carson Lake Apartments, 1022 Garden Lake Circle, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
