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National Night Out- On August 5, 2008, the entire Lino Lakes Police Department gathered for <br />roll call at 5:00 pm. Twenty three other groups joined us to visit neighborhood gatherings. <br />Every vehicle was loaded with 3 -4 people, along with give -aways for the children and crime <br />prevention materials for the adults. Each vehicle was assigned to visit certain parties and by <br />5:30 pm they were off and running. Thousands of citizens gathered at fifty different parties (an <br />additional 6 parties from 2007). <br />A highlight of National Night Out 2008 was creating a community service project that would <br />benefit local citizens. Since it was so close to the start of <br />school, officers came up with the idea of helping local needy <br />children go back to school with all the school supplies they <br />needed. We named the project "Pack a Backpack" and we <br />asked each block party to collect school supplies at their Na- <br />tional Night Out events. The neighborhoods collected thou- <br />sands of school supplies and <br />a huge number of back- <br />packs. The generosity of <br />the citizens was overwhelm- <br />ing and they helped over <br />250 local needy families. <br />National Night Out 2008 proved to be a huge success and the connections that were made that <br />night between the residents of the City of Lino Lakes, MN and the Lino Lakes Police Depart-. <br />ment will serve to prevent crime and strengthen our Community Oriented Police philosophy. <br />12 <br />