Deputies, officers nationwide meet with residents during National Night Out

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CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – People crossed the state spent Tuesday evening getting to cognize their neighbors and the constabulary officers and deputies that patrol their neighborhoods, keeping them safe.

It’s called National Night Out, and astir a twelve neighborhoods and communities successful Clay County organized events successful the area.

Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook applauded everyone who got progressive and passed on a message.

“The champion mode you tin marque your vicinity harmless it to cognize who your neighbors are and recognize your neighborhood,” Cook said.

The sheriff said the National Night Out encourages neighbors to get to cognize their neighbors and their friends successful instrumentality enforcement.

“National Night Out is conscionable different illustration of the efforts that we marque wrong the (Clay County) Sheriff’s Office to marque definite that we have, you know, genuine, moving relationships wrong our communities that are based connected spot that are based connected transparency,” she said.

Cook says events similar these fortify the enslaved betwixt deputies and the community.

“Tonight is astir the accidental to travel unneurotic erstwhile there’s not an issue, erstwhile there’s not a problem. It’s astir coming unneurotic and having fellowship and nutrient and conscionable bully conversation,” Cook said. “And immoderate clip we get to bash that with our assemblage that’s a bully thing.”

In St. Johns County, the Sheriff’s Office and St. Augustine Police Department besides held a get-together astatine the St. Augustine Beach Pier.