I saw flyers about the 28th Annual National Night Out. I’d never heard of it. Turns out it’s a public crime prevention event. Thankfully, Eugene Patron from Prospect Park sent out this press release and some pictures.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly joined the 78th Precinct at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park to mark the “25th Annual National Night Out,” a public crime prevention event (organized in cooperation with the National Association of Town Watch: http://www.nationaltownwatch.org/nno/about.html).
Also attending the event were Congressman Anthony Weiner, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, NY State Senator Velmentta Montgomery, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, and representatives from the offices of Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, and NY State Assemblywoman Joan Millman (who presented a proclamation from New York State Governor David Patterson)

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In the Prospect Park Alliance photo: (L to R): Mayor Michael Bloomberg with President of the 78th Precinct Community Council Pauline Blake, and 78th Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector John Argenziano.