National Night Out (NNO) is an annual event, sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, that takes place on the first Tuesday in August. Each year, the Arizona Attorney General's Office participates in National Night Out by rallying community members throughout Arizona to join with neighbors and police officers to be a part of this annual event.

The National Night Out campaign involves citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials from 9,500 communities from all 50 states, US territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide.

National Night Out is designed to:

• Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness
• Generate support for, and participation in, local anti crime partnerships
• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships and
• Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back

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