Northern District of Indiana US Attorney’s Office to Participate in Community Events During National Night Out

HAMMOND - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana will join community organizers, neighbors, and law enforcement partners to participate in National Night Out events on August 5, 2024. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes partnerships and camaraderie between law enforcement and the communities they serve to make our neighborhoods safer places to live. Millions take part in National Night Out across thousands of communities throughout the country on the first Tuesday of August in most areas of the country.

“Our Nation’s law enforcement agents and officers stand between law-abiding citizens and the criminals, gangs, and transnational cartels hoping to prey on them,” said Acting U.S. Attorney M. Scott Proctor.  “National Night Out is an excellent opportunity for our communities to meet, thank, and build trust with those local heroes. We at the U.S. Attorney’s Office are proud to be a part of it.”

National Night Out was established in 1984 with funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the United States Department of Justice. The program is administered by the National Association of Town Watch, a nationwide non-profit organization.

Coordinated by local law enforcement and trained volunteers, National Night Out provides a great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances. Neighborhoods host block parties, cookouts, festivals, parades, safety demonstrations, seminars, youth events, visits from emergency personnel, and more. National Night Out sends a message that neighbors are united and working together to keep their communities and each other safe.

For more information, visit https://natw.org/.