National Night Out Offers Chance to Get to Know Your LAPD Officers
Ed Fuentes
KNOW YOUR OFFICERS: Steve Nichols was recently assigned to be Senior Lead Officer for the Historic Core.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Central Area's National Night Out continues its tour of Downtown neighborhoods on Tuesday, August 3, with a Chinatown event offering live jazz, food, boxing, karate, a carnival, an "Iron Chef" competition and a police-guided bicycle tour.
National Night Out was created in 1984 by the National Association of Town Watch to promote more community involvement in crime prevention. Central's event, which will take place in Chinatown's Central Plaza (951 N. Broadway), offers a chance to get to know those involved in keeping Downtown safe.
In recent years, the event has been held at Olvera Street (2009), Little Tokyo (2008), the Arts District (2007) and Pershing Square (2005 and 2006).
Tuesday's free event runs from 6 to 10pm. The bicycle ride is scheduled to begin at 8pm.
Guest on July 31, 2010, at 12:53PM – #1
I heard this event was going to be held at Pershing Square but the Rec. & Parks people wanted to charge the cops too much money. As if the park didnt need better seecurity on their side.
Susana Benavidez on August 03, 2010, at 09:03AM – #2
Is there a website with details specific to the downtown event? I only found the national website which is short on details. I want to post the link to my parent group page.
Thanks
Jacob Holloway on August 03, 2010, at 11:48AM – #3
Yeah, check out the event listing on Chinatown LA's site.