{"id":22569,"date":"2025-07-31T14:47:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/richmond-city\/?p=22569"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:48:29","slug":"americas-night-out-against-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/richmond-city\/2025\/07\/31\/americas-night-out-against-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Night Out Against Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, August 5, residents in neighborhoods throughout the City of Richmond, Henrico County, and across the nation, lock their doors, turn on outside lights, and spend the evening outside with neighbors and police.<\/p>\n<p>Many RHHD neighborhoods will be hosting a variety of special events such as block parties, cookouts, parades, flashlight walks, contests, and youth activities where there will be visits by the police and other first responders.<br \/>\nNational Night Out aims to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;<\/li>\n<li>Generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime efforts;<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police\u2010community partnerships; and<\/li>\n<li>Send a message to criminals letting them know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Want to connect with RHHD staff?<\/strong>\u00a0Here are a few events we will be at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>St. Luke Apartments,\u00a0<\/strong>3901 Pilots Lane, 3 \u2013 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hobson<\/strong>\u00a0Lodge, 801 Prince Hall Drive, 5 &#8211; 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Westwood Playground,\u00a0<\/strong>5409 Marian Street, 6 &#8211; 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the complete list, please visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/henrico.gov\/police\/crime-prevention\/nationalnightout\/\">https:\/\/henrico.gov\/police\/crime-prevention\/nationalnightout\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/NNO.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/NNO.png\" alt=\"National Night Out Logo\" width=\"394\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/NNO.png 394w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/NNO-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, August 5, residents in neighborhoods throughout the City of Richmond, Henrico County, and across the nation, lock their doors, turn on outside lights, and spend the evening outside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":383,"featured_media":22572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"modified_by":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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