 More than 500 people came to hang out with Bemidji Law Enforcement for the annual National Night Out event. National Night Out is held all over the country on the second Tuesday in August. It started back in 1984 and it's all about crime prevention by building positive relationships with community members and our men and women in uniform. The Bemidji Boys and Girls Club hosted the event. This year there were also more than 20 different businesses who participated including Target, Head Water Science Center and the Public Library. We find it really important to foster these events to give our community the opportunity to get out and interact with one another and to interact with our law enforcement officers so they are able to build a positive relationship and we are very fortunate to have a great space and an awesome community to come out together and come together to host this event. So we really love putting it on. It's one of my favorite events every year to host. We love getting our kids out and our family members and just community. More than 40 of the Boys and Girls Club staff, parents and board members came together with law enforcement to help set up today. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.