The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky is joining law enforcement partners, community leaders, and neighbors at the Louisville Metro Police Department’s National Night Out events across Louisville to promote stronger and safer communities, according to an Aug. 5 announcement. The office will also host an information booth with crime prevention tips and safety resources for families at the Eighth Division event at Warren Walker Park in the Douglass Hills neighborhood.
United States Attorney Kyle Bumgarner said, “Our prosecutors have devoted their careers to making our communities safer. National Night Out is an important event for members of our office to build camaraderie with people we serve and to have a lot of fun.”
National Night Out is an annual campaign designed to foster partnerships between law enforcement and local communities in order to make neighborhoods safer places to live. Millions participate in these events across thousands of communities on the first Tuesday of August each year.
Coordinated by local law enforcement agencies and volunteers, National Night Out includes block parties, cookouts, festivals, parades, safety demonstrations, seminars, youth activities, visits from emergency personnel and other gatherings intended to unite neighbors under positive circumstances.
National Night Out was established in 1984 with funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the U.S. Department of Justice and is administered by the National Association of Town Watch.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky serves about 2.2 million residents across 53 counties—including military installations at Fort Knox and Fort Campbell—prosecutes federal crimes, manages civil cases using facilities such as the Gene Snyder Courthouse in Louisville as well as courthouses in Owensboro, Bowling Green and Paducah; it also promotes community wellness through programs like Heroin Education Action Team and Victim Witness Assistance as a component of the United States Department of Justice, according to its official website.