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El Paso County proclaims National Night Out 2025; sheriff urges residents to "be a nosy neighbor"
Summary
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners adopted a proclamation recognizing National Night Out 2025 and heard remarks from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office about neighborhood engagement and safety strategies for August events across unincorporated county areas.
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners adopted a proclamation recognizing National Night Out 2025 on Aug. 5 and heard remarks from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office urging residents to watch for unusual activity and contact neighbors or law enforcement.
The proclamation, introduced by Vice Chair Holly Williams, sought to formally recognize the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office partnership with the National Association of Town Watch in supporting crime prevention programs on Aug. 5, 2025. The board voted 5-0 to adopt the proclamation.
The proclamation text, read into the record, describes National Night Out as “a positive, proactive nationwide crime, drug, and violence prevention program” and highlights neighborhood watch groups’ role in supporting the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and local law enforcement partners.
After the proclamation reading, a representative of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office thanked the board for support and said more than 50 personnel — including deputies, professional staff, volunteers and members of the sheriff’s posse — planned to attend 11 National Night Out events in unincorporated parts of the county, from Monument and Falcon to Black Forest and Cimarron Hills.
“Be a nosy neighbor,” the sheriff’s office representative said, explaining that residents should report unusual or out-of-place activity — for example, an open garage door — to neighbors or law enforcement. “Be engaged. Have those relationships. Know your neighbors. If something’s out of the ordinary, call.”
Commissioners thanked the sheriff’s representatives and several members of the board shared anecdotes reinforcing the message to build neighbor-to-neighbor contact lists and watch out for one another. The board recessed briefly for a photo after adopting the proclamation.
The vote to adopt the proclamation was unanimous: Commissioners Wysong, Nelson, Applegate, Vice Chair Williams and Chair Carrie Geithner voted aye.
The board listed the next regular meeting for Aug. 26 at 9 a.m.
