YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. —Neighbors turned out for a fun-filled evening with the men and women in blue at Yorktown Police Department’s National Night Out.
The agency’s largest community outreach event, held at Jack Devito Veterans' Memorial Field & Track on Aug. 5, featured a DJ, sponsored by Huntington Learning Center Yorktown, and had everything from bouncy houses and hayrides provided by the Yorktown Grange to the department’s K9 unit, motorcycle, and police vehicles on site. Kids and adults alike enjoyed meeting officers, learning about the department, and sharing fun under the summer sky.
Police Chief Robert Noble called the Yorktown officers “a second family” and asked attendees to join him in applauding their service and commitment to protecting the town and its residents.
“The nicest part about it is, while some are working this evening, others are here on their own time. Their families are here—their young families,” Noble told the crowd, “and for a guy who’s probably in his waning years of a career, that’s one of the most beautiful things to see: our families come out and see what their moms and dads do, and to be part of a great community like Yorktown. So it is a special night, and we thank you all for coming out.”
Along with many vendors lined up across the grass field, the Yorktown Lions donated 500 hot dogs, which the Yorktown Police Benevolent Association grilled up. The Yorktown Elks Lodge handed out free water bottles.
Jim Poulin, immediate past governor of the local Lions district, Liz Talbert, executive director of the Alliance for Safe Kids, members of the Yorktown Town Board, the town clerk, current and former town officials, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office and other elected representatives—such as New York State Sen. Pete Harckham, Vedat Gashi of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, and representatives from Congressman Mike Lawler’s and Assemblyman Matt Slater’s offices—were in attendance.
Yorktown is Poulin’s home, and he said it was a “privilege” to present Noble and his department with a certificate of appreciation on behalf of the Lions district. “You are the absolute best.”
Town Supervisor Ed Lachterman addressed those listening from the grass and said the YPD is like “extended family” to him, as his brother-in-law served on the force. He said this police force is one that makes him “proud to be in the town of Yorktown.”
“The leadership, the culture—everything that is involved with makes a great organization, you can open up an encyclopedia and there will be the Yorktown Police Department,” Lachterman said.
Reach Miranda Ferrante at ferrante@halstonmedia.com.
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