Stafford, Va. The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office will once again be participating in the Annual National Night Out event this evening, Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Eighteen different neighborhoods across the county have signed up to host a National Night Out event in their neighborhood with most events starting in the late afternoon and going to the early evening.

The Sheriff’s Office is also participating in a community wide National Night Out event at the TARGET parking lot of the Stafford Market Place. This is an open event that is also being held this evening, Tuesday, August 1 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Everyone is invited to come by and enjoy numerous free family fun activities, food and games. Over 140 different vendors, community organizations and businesses will be participating. The Sheriff’s Office will be providing live demonstrations for everyone’s enjoyment and the Stafford County Fire & Rescue Department will also have numerous apparatus on display.

National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs and strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. National Night Out sends a clear message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and participating in active crime prevention.