A representative from the LAPD Pacific Division has confirmed they have announced an event for National Night Out.

The event will wake place on August 6 at the Mar Vista Recreation Center between the hours of 6pm and 9pm.    National Night Out first started in 1984.   The effort was founded to help promote police-community partnerships, involvement in crime prevention activities and to help with neighborhood camaraderie.

It also sends a strong message to criminals that neighborhoods are fighting back when it comes to unlawful activity.

National Night Out has grown exponentially in the past 19 years  It currently involves communities from …