Texas A&M police win National Night Out Award

The Texas A&M University Police Department received an award by the National Association of Town Watch for its organization of National Night Out, a yearlong crime prevention awareness campaign which ended with a community party on Oct. 6 at the Student Recreation Center. Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin were the only two universities in the nation recognized. "I love it. I think it's awesome. Last year UT won, the year before that we won and this year we're both honored," said UPD Officer Kristi Hosea. "It speaks volumes to the amount of commitment of the police and communities in Texas have toward National Night Out and crime prevention." As a part of the yearlong campaign, police departments in the Bryan-College Station work together on crime prevention programs. "In this area, we have neighborhood block parties and the police departments go party-hopping to teach crime prevention and provide goodie bags." Texas has placed either first or second place as a National Night Out Award winner for the past 15 years, Hosea said. "The state of Texas typically wins first place."

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