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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Folder Title: National Neighborhood Crime Watch
Day
Box: 78 (1985)
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PREST THE OF OF THE UNITED
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day, 1985
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
A Nation promising justice for all must ensure that its citizens are free from
fear of crime in their homes and on the streets. Yet crime continues to be a
substantial problem for American society. Twenty-three million households
were touched by crime in 1984 and felt, in varying degrees, the pain, economic
loss, sense of violation, and frustration that accompany crime victimization.
Fewer households were victims of crime in 1984 than in any of the previous
nine years, due in part to greater public awareness and understanding of
crime. This Administration is committed to increasing that awareness and
understanding, thereby assisting in our Nation's effort to combat crime.
We recognize the effectiveness and the growth of local crime watch organiza-
tions throughout the country and the major role they have played in turning
the tide against crime. By working together and in cooperation with their local
law enforcement agencies, citizens have always been one of our most effec-
tive deterrents against crime. Such citizen action reaffirms those values of
community, respect for the law, and individual responsibility that are so much
a part of our national heritage.
It is important that all of the citizens of this Nation are aware of the
significance of community crime prevention programs and the valuable impact
that their participation can have on reducing crime in their neighborhoods. A
"National Night Out" campaign will be conducted on August 13, 1985 to call
attention to the importance of community crime prevention programs. All
Americans will be urged to spend the hour between 8-9 p.m. on that evening
on their lawns, porches, and steps in front of their homes to signify that
neighbors looking out for one another is the most effective form of crime
prevention.
Participation in this nationwide event also will demonstrate the value and
effectiveness of police and community working together in a partnership on
crime prevention. It will generate support for, and participation in, local crime
watch programs; strengthen neighborhood spirit in the anticrime effort; and
send a message to criminals that neighborhoods across America are organized
and watching. This is a unique effort to remind the American people of the
crucial role they can play in making their streets and neighborhoods safer.
Strong, safe communities don't just happen. They are built by people who care
and volunteer their time and energy to make the community a good place to
live.
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 168, has designated August 13, 1985,
as "National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day" and authorized and requested
the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this event.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim August 13, 1985, as National Neighborhood
Crime Watch Day. I call upon the people of the United States to spend the
period from 8 to 9 o'clock p.m. that day with their neighbors in front of their
homes to demonstrate the importance and effectiveness of community partici-
pation in crime prevention efforts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of
August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and tenth.
Ronald Reagan