K1482-2011 Actions

• Jun 11, 2012: adopted

K1482-2011 Text

 LEGISLATIVE  RESOLUTION  commending  the  Fifth Precinct of the New York
 City Police Department upon the occasion of hosting National  Night  Out
 Against Crime 2012 on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
 WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize and honor
 those  distinguished  organizations  which  devote  their  energies  and
 purpose in service to the community, helping to  maintain  public  order
 and protect the members of the community; and
 WHEREAS,  Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long
 standing traditions, it is  the  intent  of  this  Legislative  Body  to
 commend  the  Fifth Precinct of the New York City Police Department upon
 the occasion of hosting National Night Out Against Crime 2012  on  Tues
 day, August 7, 2012; and
 WHEREAS,  The  Fifth Precinct and various community organizations will
 join over 34 million people in more than 10,000 communities on August 7,
 2012, to promote police-community partnership, crime, drug, and violence
 prevention, safety, and neighborhood unity; and
 WHEREAS, National Night  Out  Against  Crime  was  introduced  by  the
 National  Association  of  Town  Watch  in 1984 in an effort to heighten
 awareness and strengthen participation in local  anticrime  efforts;  to
 target  a  larger  group, a national program was proposed which would be
 coordinated by local crime prevention agencies and organizations involv
 ing the whole community; and
 WHEREAS, The first National Night Out Against Crime  occurred  on  the
 first  Tuesday  in August and has been observed on this date ever since;
 and
 WHEREAS, National Night Out Against Crime has proven to be  an  effec
 tive, inexpensive and enjoyable program established to promote neighbor
 hood  spirit  and police-community partnerships in the fight for a safer
 nation; and
 WHEREAS, National Night Out Against  Crime  activities  have  expanded
 over  the years and now include block parties, cookouts, parades, visits
 from local police and sheriff departments, festivals, flashlight  walks,
 contests, exhibits, and youth programs; and
 WHEREAS,  National  Night  Out Against Crime has come to represent the
 spirit, determination, and energy needed to make neighborhoods safer all
 year long; and
 WHEREAS, This occasion provides neighbors with the opportunity to  get
 to  know  one  another, to celebrate the importance of community, and to
 continue to take those steps necessary to make neighborhoods,  block  by
 block,  safer for children, the elderly and, indeed, all residents; now,
 therefore, be it
 RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause  in  its  deliberations  to
 commend  the  Fifth Precinct of the New York City Police Department upon
 the occasion of hosting National Night Out Against Crime 2012  on  Tues
 day, August 7, 2012; and be it further
 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran
 smitted to the Fifth Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

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