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National Night Out- On August 7, 2007, the entire Limo Lakes Police Department gathered for roll call.: at 5:00.; Twenty three other groups joined us to visit neighborhood gatherings. Every vehicle was loaded with 3 -4 people, along with Frisbee flyers to e to the children and crime prevention materials for the adults. Each vehicl assigned to visit certain parties and. by 5. :30 they were`off and running. Thousands of citizensgathercd at 44 different parties (an additional 11 partiesfrom 2006) Kids playing with Mc( Grulton National Night out. A highlight of National Night Out 2007 was creating a community service project that would benefit local citizens. Since it Was so close to the start of school, officers came up with the idea of helping local needy children go hack to school with all the school supplies they needed. We • namedthe protect `Pack a Backpack' and ��c asked each block party to collect school supplies at their National Night Out events. The neighborhoods collected thousands of school supplies and a huge' number of backpacks. The generositv of the citizens n as overghelmituf and they Helped over 250 local needy families. National Night Out 2007 proved to be a huge success and the connections that were made that night between the residents the City of Lino Lakes. IVLvT and the Lino Lakes Police Depart -_ meet will serve to prevent crime and strengthen our Community Oriented Police philosophy.