{"id":3435,"date":"2026-08-29T05:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3435"},"modified":"2026-08-29T05:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:49:02","slug":"community-event-national-night-out","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/event\/community-event-national-night-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Event: National Night Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We encourage BPNA members to take the lead on your street by hosting or participating in a local block party.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Need help setting up your NNO Block Party, or have questions?<\/p>\n<p>Email Social@BerknerPark.com or reach out to the Richardson Community Relations department to help get started!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richardson Community Relations Phone Number: 972-744-4955\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardsonpolice.net\/services\/community-engagement\/national-night-out\/nno-block-party-registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REGISTER YOUR 2026 BLOCK PARTY &#8211; CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>National celebration\u00a0coordinated locally by the Richardson Police Department&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardsonpolice.net\/prevention\/community-relations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Relations Unit<\/a>, held annually on the first Tuesday in October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About National Night Out:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/natw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Night Out<\/a>, a year-long community building campaign, is designed to: (1) Heighten crime prevention awareness; (2) Generate support for, and participation in, local anti-crime programs; (3) Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and (4) Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the traditional outside lights and front porch vigils, most cities and towns celebrate National Night Out with a variety of special citywide and neighborhood events such as block parties, cookouts, parades, festivals, visits from local officials and law enforcement, safety fairs, and youth events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take the lead on your street this National Night Out! Host or join a block party and help bring your neighbors together for an evening of community, connection, and fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":836,"featured_media":3436,"template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[56],"class_list":["post-3435","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community-event","pmpro-has-access","cat_community-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/836"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3442,"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3435\/revisions\/3442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3435"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berknerpark.com\/production\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=3435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}