Auburn Maine Police Department’s Auburn Maine Police Department’s Auburn, Maine Police Department s Auburn, Maine Police Department s NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ‘08NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ‘08

A b ’ A l Ni h O Auburn’s Annual Night Out ‘Shines a Light’ on Crime & Strengthens

Police/Community PartnershipPolice/Community Partnership

“Quality Time” with the APD...“Quality Time” with the APD...

Downtown Auburn’s Festival Plaza on Main Street was Downtown Auburn s Festival Plaza on Main Street was the scene for the Auburn Police Department’s Annual

National Night Out against crime. This year’s event was a resounding success, drawing hundreds of g , g

Auburn residents to Main Street for food, fun, music and some ‘quality time’ with the Auburn PD!

Lots of family style fun...Lots of family style fun...

The Auburn Police Department knows how to throw a community block party and this year’s NNO was no exception! Department

staff and volunteers served up more than 600 hotdogs and 500 bags staff and volunteers served up more than 600 hotdogs and 500 bags of popcorn, almost 2,000 bags of chips, countless cups of punch

& bottles of water, and plenty of family style fun.

Activities & demonstrations...Activities & demonstrations...

Att d j d th APD K 9 S d Attendees enjoyed the APD K-9, Segway and Dive Team demonstrations...

...and the kids just loved the face painting, giraffe bounce house, rock-climbing wall giraffe bounce house, rock climbing wall

& National Guard obstacle course.

The Auburn Fire Department brought Department brought two ladder trucks... and the Maine Army yNational Guard Humvee was a big hit with the kids!

Our detectives offered free child ID and fingerfree child ID and finger-printing kits using our cutting edge, child-sized cutting edge, child sized fingerprint scanner and computer. Volunteers from Target helped by doing child DNA swabs.

A generous corporate li d CD’ partner supplied CD’s

and sleeves for the Child ID kitsID kits...

Everyone loved the live music by the Tony Boffa Band.

There was even a conga line led by Auburn’s Mayor!

Auburn’s Police Chief Phil C ll J l Phil Crowell, Jr. warmly welcomed the crowd...

“The Auburn Police Department is committed to serving the citizens of

Auburn. We strive to ensure the safety of all who live, work and play here. It takes the entire community to push back the darkness of crime.

National Night Out is an opportunity for all of us to shine our light into our neighborhoods our light into our neighborhoods

and to set a goal to take back our parks and leave a lasting

legacy.” legacy.

A proclamation was read by Auburn’s Mayor, the Honorable John Jenkins, who lent his enthusiastic support

d i i i hi and participation to this wonderful community event.

Scenes from Auburn’s NNO2008...Scenes from Auburn’s NNO2008...