Neighborhood Safety Night 2021 - City of Pueblo Colorado

Neighborhood
Safety Night
2021

• 2015
              • National Night Out
              • Set date and guidelines
          • 2016-Present
History       • Neighborhood Safety Night
              • No event in 2020 due to COVID
          • The event was changed from National Night Out to
            Neighborhood Safety Night to better serve the
            community and give the police department the ability
            to tailor the event more specifically for Pueblo

• This event is a service to the community to
            help with community outreach, build
            positive relationships, and provide education
            on how to keep our citizens, their family and
            their identity safe
          • Interacting on a personal level
Purpose      • Builds trust
             • Creates positive relationships
             • Shows support from the police
          • Spotlights several local organizations that
            offer resources to the community

Flyer

• Food Trucks
             • Four main course trucks
             • Two ice cream/snow cone trucks
             • Coffee truck
          • First Responder Vehicles
             •   Police Traffic unit, SWAT, Bomb, and Drone
             •   Pueblo Fire
Details      •   Pueblo County Sheriff
             •   State Patrol
             •   Flight For Life-Ambulance
             •   AMR
          • Vendors
             • About 30 different informational booths

• Raffle Prizes
             • Ring doorbells, scooters, sporting equipment,
               locking mailboxes, smoke and CO2 detectors,
               etc.
          • Scavenger Hunt for bicycles
             • Child had to complete a scavenger hunt and
               return it back to the front table
                 • Handed out 140
                 • 93 were returned
Details      • Increases interaction
             • Gave away four bicycles
             • Our bike volunteer was there to fit winners
          • Backpack Giveaway
             • Name slips were at front table to fill out and
               leave in the bucket
                 • 114 slips turned in
             • Gave away 15 backpacks with school supplies

• Attendance
             •   3:30-4:00 = 58 (early admission)
             •   4:00-5:00 = 222
             •   5:00-6:00 = 147
             •   6:00-7:00 = 129
             •   7:00-7:30 = 45
Details      •   TOTAL = 601
          • This was the first year we were able to take
            attendance because of the set up and semi-
            controlled entrance point

Event Sponsors

In-Kind Donations

Giveaway Sponsors

• Night Magic Entertainment
                  • Discounted DJ services
               • Mr. Magic
 Additional       • Discounted balloon animals
Partnerships   • Mobile Record Shredders
                  • Provided free record shredding on site

• Monetary Donations
                   • $2,600 total
               • In-Kind Donations
Sponsorships       • $ 1,800
  Over-all     • Giveaway Sponsors
                   • $800

• Dispersed flyers throughout the community
               • In person
               • E-blast via the Greater Chamber and the
                 Latino Chamber to their members
           • Social Media
               • Facebook
               • Twitter
Outreach       • Total of six posts
                   • One in June
                   • One post a week for the five weeks leading
                     up to the event
                   • Each post highlighted something different
           • Local TV news interviews
           • Chieftain interview
           • Radio interview

• This event is a team effort
              •   Sworn officers
              •   Civilian employees
              •   Volunteers
              •   Police Academy Recruits
Manpower      •   SRO’s/Police Explorers
              •   Neighborhood Watch leaders/members
              •   Other City Departments

• Keep AT&T as the venue
                  •   Provides better access control
                  •   Vendors get equal foot traffic
                  •   Worked well in partnership with the movie
                  •   Centrally located
               • Enhance what we have
                  • Increase attendance
Future Plans          • The more people we reach, the more people we
                         educate. This results in a safer community
               • Partnership Ideas
                        • Surveillance donation and installation for a
                          business and a residence (giveaway)
                        • Surveillance systems not only help keep their
                          property safe but helps police keep them safe
                          and solve crime
                        • More eyes on the street