National Night Out Set For Wednesday In Warminster

WARMINSTER, PA —National Night Out is planned at Warminster Community Park on Wednesday night after being postponed for a week due to inclement weather.

National Night Out typically falls on the first Tuesday of August.

The event occurs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Safety Town area of Warminster Community Park.

Meet and greet the Warminster Township Police Department, Hartsville Fire Company, Warminster Fire Department, and the Warminster Township Parks and Recreation.

There will be free pretzels and water while supplies last.

National Night Out began out of the Philadelphia suburbs. In the 1970s, Matt Peskin volunteered for Lower Merion's neighborhood watch, patrolling his neighborhood and often collaborating with local police. He found the collaboration between law enforcement and civilians to be successful and began collaborating with similar groups, establishing the National Association of Town Watch in 1981.

But Peskin decided something more was needed. So three years later, the association celebrated the first National Night Out, which involved 400 communities across 23 states.

The 41st year of the event will involve millions of people from 16,500 communities from all 50 states. Click here for more on National Night Out.

National Night Out is designed to heighten crime prevention awareness; generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs; strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships, and; send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

The annual event has spread to 17,000 communities encompassing 38 million people, according to National Night Out's website. Many of the events combine festivities with education about local police initiatives.