Union County Celebrates National Night Out

The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders will be hosting a National Night Out event at from 6-8 p.m. in Meisel Park off of Meisel Avenue in Springfield.

It will be a fun evening for the kids with complimentary hot dogs, free inflatable rides, games and other activities. There will be emergency vehicles and equipment from the Union County Police Department and other law enforcement agencies on display. Police dogs from the Union County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Search and Rescue Unit will also be on hand.

It is also a perfect opportunity for parents to take advantage of the Fingerprint on File program, an important service offered by the Union County Sheriff’s Office. The purpose of the program is to establish a fingerprint record of a child that can be used by law enforcement agencies in the event a child becomes lost or abducted. Fingerprint cards are returned to the parents for safekeeping.

Officers from the Sheriff’s Identification Bureau will be set up to fingerprint your child at the park during the evening. Please take advantage of this very important program.

National Night Out has proven to be an effective, inexpensive and enjoyable program to promote neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships in our fight for a safer nation. More than 36 million people from communities in all 50 states were involved in National Night Out 2009.

The benefits to our community from National Night Out will most certainly extend well beyond the one night. Please come out and help us make National Night Out 2010 a strong, united voice against crime.