Texas lags behind the rest of the country in terms of crime prevention programs.
“Behind,” in this context, means chronologically rather than developmentally.
We recognize National Night Out — kind of a community-police bonding exercise in an effort to reduce neighborhood crime — tonight, Oct. 4 in case you don’t know the date, while the rest of the United States marked the event the second Tuesday of August.
The two-month delay stems from, I guess, the August heat in Texas as opposed to, say, Arizona, but that’s a dry heat.
Makes sense, though, for Texas. With all those people — uniformed officers and, you gotta believe, a few citizens licensed to carry — out there packing heat you’d want cooler heads to prevail. OK, sorry, that was pretty much a dad-joke.
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Anyway, check with neighborhood associations, the local police divisional headquarters, or the district’s city council representative to find a NNO event near you. The crime you prevent could be your own.
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Bruce Felps owns and operates East Dallas Times, an online community news outlet serving the White Rock Lake area. He’ll likely spend his National Night in.
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