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public to come out for the local potica depariment’s Nationa!
Night Out neighborhood party. The community event is aimed at
educating the public on how they can help the police fight crime.

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NORTH VANCOUVER
crime busters are throwing a
bash to celebrate the fight
against crime,

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

On Tuesday, Aug. 3, from 7 to
10 p.m., North Vancouver RCMP
will host their National Night Out
party at Mahon Park, located at
{7th Street and Jones Avenue in
North Vancouver City.

And they’re inviting everyone to
come out and fearn what they can
do to help take the bite out of
crime in North Vancouver.

The Nationa) Night Out cam-
paign was first introduced in the
United States 10 years ago as a
way for potice to celebrate the
fight against crime in the different
states.

Last year the North Vancouver
RCMP decided they too should
host a National Night Out party
and the 1992 event attracted over
2,000 people.

Const, Marty Blais said a key
focus of this year’s National Night
Out party will be to encourage the
general public to become involved
in helping the police fight crime.

“Without the public, there can
be no community policing. We
want to show the community what
police services are available to
them,’’ said Blais.

He added that the police will
have several displays and
demonstrations at the National

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Night Out party which will serve
to educate the public about the
different branches of the RCMP,

Helping the RCMP with this
year's National Night Out party
will be several corporate sponsors
including Royal Insurance, BC
Hydro, Air B.C., 7-Bleven,
McDonald's and other local
businesses who have doauted a
variety of prizes.

“It is put together by the Block
Watch participants and looked
after strictly by volunteers who
have a good reason to celebrate,

“Statistics show that over the
last two years there has been a
53% decrease in residential bur-
glaries in North Vancouver City
and District,"* said Blais.

This year’s National Night Out
campaign was organized in part by
civilian coordinator Cynthia
Dewald.

Sone of the displays included
this year will be on the RCMP’s
Block Watch program, the police’s
drug section, the burglary unit,
the traffic and CounterAuack

section, the RCMP marine unit,
the RCMP helicopter unit, the
RCMP dive team, the police's
bicycle patrol section, the general
investigation section, the special
Projects unit and CrimeStoppers.

Demonstrations will be provided
by the RCMP’s bomb disposal
unit and police dog unit.

There will also be a variety of
children’s entertainment available
such as hot air balloon rides, BC
Hydro bucket rides, a blown up
castle, face painting and a child
identification program sponsored
by London Drugs.

Some outside agencies taking
part will include the B.C. Am-
bulance Service, the North Shore
Search and Rescue team, the Ca-
nadian Armed Forces, Ports
Canada and Canada Customs.

“This event will be successful
only if the public attends to join a
crime prevention program so we
can keep this area of ours pro-
tected against urban decay,’’ said
Blais.