On Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Bonita Canyon Sports Park, the Newport Beach Police Department celebrated National Night Out, an annual community-building campaign held in thousands of cities across the country that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie.
At the event, NBPD had displays from the CSI department, the SWAT team (including a SWAT vehicle), a K-9 team, Animal Control, Mounted Unit police officers and their horses, motorcycle officers and their bikes, and officers from the department’s new drone program.
There was also information on crime and drug prevention, home security, child safety, the Citizens’ Police Academy, and Volunteers In Policing.
Officer Nate Ferris of the city’s mounted patrol had his horse, Stetson, with him, while Officer Isaac Furnari was aboard Clyde. At the Crime Scene Investigation booth, crime scene investigator Andrew Quickle demonstrated how to examine fingerprints. Motorcycle officer Shay Brackett let many of the children in attendance sit on his motorcycle so they could get a taste of what it’s like to ride one of those big bikes…