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DeKalb community gathers for National Night Out

By Mark Niesse
Aug 4, 2014

DeKalb County residents are being encouraged by their elected officials and police to gather Tuesday night for National Night Out, an event that promotes crime prevention initiatives.

National Night Out is meant to show criminals that neighborhoods are fighting back through programs including neighborhood watch groups, law enforcement agencies, state and regional crime prevention associations, businesses and civic groups.

The event includes food, fire drills and crime prevention technology, and it will be hosted by the Target location at 4241 Lavista Road from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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