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 Cops at the 60th Precinct in Coney Island dish out scoops.  Photo by Arthur da Gaeta 
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 COURIER L 2     IFE, AUGUST 6-12, 2021 
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 Do-gooding Brooklynites  
 came together for a night of  
 community input on Aug.  
 3, marking the most recent  
 “National Night Out Against  
 Crime,” with over a dozen community 
 building events held in  
 Brooklyn NYPD precincts.  
 The National Night Out,  
 a countrywide event established  
 in the 1980’s meant to  
 strengthen police-community  
 relations and educate locals  
 about crime and its prevention, 
   was  held  this  year  
 for the fi rst  time  during  the  
 pandemic, and against the  
 backdrop of both 2020’s widespread  
 protests against police  
 brutality, and a surge in gun  
 violence throughout Brooklyn  
 and New York City.  
 At  gatherings  throughout  
 the  borough,  Brooklynites  
 mingled with their local cops  
 and neighbors while staying  
 COVID-safe  at  the  outdoor  
 events.  
 In Crown Heights, the 77th  
 Precinct  hosted  a  hangout  
 with  offi cers at Brower Park,  
 featuring a cookout and a performance  
 from the Brooklyn  
 United drum line. The  event  
 was the fi rst National Night  
 Out hosted by the precinct  
 since the death of former 77th  
 Precinct Community Council  
 President James Caldwell, who  
 was well known for his work in  
 the community.  
 Brian Saunders, who took  
 over  this  year  as  chairperson  
 of the event, said he wanted to  
 continue the event in Caldwell’s  
 memory.  
 “He always wanted to build  
 a relationship between the police  
 and the community,” Saunders  
 said. “With everything  
 that’s going on — gun violence,  
 covid — it’s time for a change,  
 it’s time for new ideas.”  
 About a mile away at Grand  
 Army Plaza, the 78th Precinct  
 hosted the community for rock  
 climbing, performances by the  
 Tropical Fete steel drum band,  
 and balloon animals for young- 
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