Residents of several San Diego County communities have a chance Tuesday night to join with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department in getting to know their neighbors and learning how they can help reduce crime in their neighborhoods.
It’s the annual National Night Out Against Crime and the Sheriff’s Department will be hosting events in 12 different communities across the county.
The activities vary by location but residents will get a chance to meet their local Sheriff’s deputies and learn from displays from the Sheriff’s Department’s bomb/arson unit, crime lab, weapons training unit, mounted patrol, search and rescue K-9 unit and SED/SWAT. At many locations there will also be ASTREA helicopter flyovers and a chance to meet McGruff the Crime Dog.
Some locations are also providing free food, drinks, child fingerprinting and giveaways for children.
Local fire departments, the California Highway Patrol, community groups, the Senior Volunteer Patrol and other County of San Diego departments will be also be participating at some locations.
For more information, click on the National Night Out celebration location for your community:
Alpine – Sheriff’s station, 2751 Alpine Blvd., 4 p.m to 7 p.m.
Encinitas – Sheriff’s station, Target parking lot in the Encinitas Town Ranch Center, 1040 N. El Camio Real, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Fallbrook – Sheriff’s substation, parking lot behind the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerc, 111 S. Main Ave., 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Imperial Beach – Sheriff’s substation at the Robert Eggers Sr. Recreation Center, 1885 Coronado Ave., 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Lemon Grove – Sheriff’s substation at the Main Street Promenade, corner of Broadway and Lemon Grove Ave., 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Poway – Sheriff’s station, 13100 Bowron Road, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Ramona – Sheriff’s substation, Albertsons Shopping Center, corner of 14th and Main Streets, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Rancho San Diego – Sheriff’s station, Target parking lot, 2911 Jamacha Road, El Cajon, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
San Marcos city – Sheriff’s station, Connor Park, 320 W. San Marcos Blvd., 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
San Marcos Hidden Meadows – Sheriff’s station, Meadow Lake Golf Club, 10333 Meadow Glen Way E., Escondido, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Santee – Sheriff’s station, Town Center, Community Park West, 9409 Cuyamaca St., 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Valley Center – Sheriff’s substation, Valley Center Library, 29200 Cole Grade Road, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Vista – Sheriff’s station, Brengle Terrace Park ball fields, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
National Night Out is an annual event put on by the National Association of Town Watch – a network of law enforcement agencies, neighborhood watch and civic groups, regional crime prevention associations and citizens. Last year more than 38 million people in approximately 16,500 communities took part in the event.
If you can’t make it to an event, you are encouraged to leave your front door or porch light on as a show of support for the event.
