For Immediate Release | August 2, 2019

Avon Police Department is participating in the 36^th annual National Night Out on August 6^th

Avon, CO – The Avon Police Department is excited to announce their participation in the 36^th annual National Night Out on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. It will be the 13^th year that Avon has been involved in the event, which strengthens police and community relationships and encourages neighborhoods to form a partnership to fight crime. National Night Out encourages residents to turn on their outside lights, lock their doors, and come outside to spend the evening with their neighbors and public safety personnel. 
 
Join your Eagle County Law Enforcement agencies to celebrate police-community partnerships in crime prevention efforts on August 6^th. This is a great opportunity to bring neighborhoods together with law enforcement under positive circumstances while building camaraderie and to make our neighborhoods a safer, better place to live. Residents in neighborhoods throughout Eagle County and across the nation are urged to participate and spend the evening outside with friends, neighbors and local law enforcement personnel.

Agencies throughout Eagle County will be hosting a variety of neighborhood events. The events being hosted by the Avon Police Department and the Eagle County Sheriff's Office are listed below. Join your neighbors, friends, local businesses and first responders at a location near you. Stop by to ask questions, get involved, meet your neighbors, participate in fun activities and enjoy free food.

 
Avon Police Department:

• The Aspens Community Park: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

• O’Neal Spur Park in Wildridge: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

• Eaglebend Apartments: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

• Avon Elementary Soccer Field: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Eagle County Sheriff’s Office:

• Eagle-Vail Pavilion: 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

• Eagle at the Brush Creek Pavilion: 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (with the Eagle Police Department

• Basalt/El Jebel at Triangle Park/Willits Lane: 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (with the Basalt Police Department)

For more information, please contact Officer Tyler Churches with the Avon Police Department at 970-784-4040 or go to www.avon.org/nationalnightout.

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