‘National Night Out’August 7 in Woodville
Tyler County Booster - July 2007

Everyone who attended last year’s “National Night Out” held at Woodville City Park will remember the great opportunity to visit with old friends, new friends and neighbors. There was lots of good food and run for the kids. This year’s event will be held Tuesday, August 7.
  The annual “National Night Out” provides a unique opportunity for Woodville residents to join with thousands of other communities across the country to promote cooperative, police-community crime prevention efforts.
 Living in a rural area like Tyler County isn’t an automatic exemption from crime. As those who have followed the debates during various political contests over the last few years know, the most asked question of law enforcement officials is how they are going to deal with the drug problem and the other illegal activity that seems to surround it.
  Woodville Police Chief Scott Yosko contends that the best way to deal with the drug problem, beyond making arrests—which his department certainly does—is to create an atmosphere within communities that is hostile to the drug dealers themselves.
  “If every time a dealer comes into a community a police car shows up because a resident called and reported the dealer, pretty soon they will stop showing up there,” Yosko said.
  As part of the effort to encourage community involvement in discouraging criminals from setting up shop in Woodville, Woodville PD sponsors a series of events throughout the city to bring people out and make them aware of what they can do to decrease crime in their area.
            The August 7 “National Night Out” is the major event each year in this effort. Designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for and participation in local  anticrime programs and strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships, this year’s event was held in Woodville City Park. Yosko estimates approximately 200 people came out last year for a lot of good food, fellowship and fun for the kids.