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 27th
Annual National Night Out
The Rahway Police Department
invites you to join us as we join forces with the residents of Rahway and
thousands of communities nationwide for the"27th Annual National Night
Out" (NNO), crime and drug prevention event.
National Night Out is designed
to: (1) Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; (2) Generate support
for local anti-crime efforts; (3) Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police
community partnerships; and (4) Send a message to criminals letting them
know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. NNO has proven to be an
effective and enjoyable program that promotes police-community partnerships
in our fight for a safer nation.
The event, which will take place
on Thursday, August 5th, will be located in historic
downtown Rahway (in front of the Union County Arts Center on Irving Street)
from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Our event will not occur on the traditional
first Tuesday of the month, since we are running it in conjunction with the
Rahway Mayor’s Concert Series and the Monthly First Thursday Events. This
event will showcase a display of emergency vehicles from various agencies.
The bloodmobile will be on site for much needed blood donation. Please
consider a blood donation at this event.
The
Rahway Police Department will utilize a new communications service,
effective immediately, which allows us to send important, valuable community
information directly to residents using the latest technology.
The
Nixle Community Information Service allows us to create and publish messages
to be delivered to subscribed residents instantly via cell phone text
message and/or email. Notifications can also be accessed online at Nixle’s
web site at www.nixle.com.
Messages may include construction and road closure information as well as
alerts and other relevant safety and community event information. This
service is reliable and free for our group to use. There is NO spam and no
hidden cost. (Standard text messaging rates do apply.)
The
messages can be sent specifically to residents registered within a ¼ mile
radius, giving them the opportunity to receive trustworthy information
relevant only to their neighborhood. Residents decide from which local
agencies they want to receive information. Subscribers can also choose the
way in which alerts are received, whether it is by email, text message, or
over the web.
Nixle
builds on the foundations of other public-to-public communication services,
such as Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace, but adds a key component: security.
When citizens receive information from our agency via Nixle, they know it
can be trusted.
Residents of Rahway and those in neighboring communities can
immediately begin receiving pertinent information via text message, email,
and web by registering at
www.nixle.com.
Stay
up-to-date on happenings in your neighborhood. We are very excited to have
you experience it for yourself!
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