MOULTRIE —
Moultrie’s NIght Out back in August has been honored with a national award.
The event was part of the 29th Annual Night Out, a national crime, drug and violence prevention program. The National Association of Town Watch selected Moultrie as a national award winner for 2012. This year’s event drew 37.5 million people in 15,700 communities from all 50 states, U.S territories and military bases worldwide. On the national day for Night Out it rained heavily in Moultrie. The event was rescheduled.
Several hundred people attended the Moultrie event that was held later at the Jim Buck Goff Recreation Complex. It was an opportunity for children and adults to have fun and be educated.
“It was a team effort,” said Claire Feazel, the City of Moultrie’s Neighborhood Development Specialist. She operates under the Planning and Community Develpment Department. She helped plan Night Out and is already gearing up for this year’s event.
About 20 different agencies and organizations were on hand for the 2012 Night Out. On site were officers with the Moultrie Police Department and the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Department. On display were police vehicles, the police dog and fire trucks. Organizations such as the Department of Family and Children Services and Mothers Against Drunk Driving also were on hand.
“It’s an opportunity for citizens and the police department to come together as a single unit to fight crime,” said Moultrie Police Chief Frank Lang who has been involved in nine events.
There were games for the kids, food and beverages, music and the handing out of back-to-school supplies.
“It was a good chance to have fun and get information,” Feazel said. “It’s a great event for the police and the community.”
Moultrie planners submitted written documentation as welll as video footage of the event to the National Asslociation of Town Watch.
“We submitted everything, and we were very fortunate to be selected,” Feazel said.
Lang said Night Out was “a celebration of sucess” in relations between law enforcement and citizens. He notes the crime fighting results of cooperative efforts such as Neighborhood Watch. Night Out was a chance for the public to meet law enforcement up close and personal.
“They see them in a different light,” Lang said. “They get a chance to see the officers as indiividuals not just as a police officer.”
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