National Night Out 2025

Tuesday, August 5, 2025  |  5:00 - 8:00 PM

Join the Mercer Island Police Department for an evening of community-building and crime prevention.

• Location: City Hall Parking Lot (9611 SE 36th St)
• Time: 5 - 8pm
• Date: August 5

Come meet the members of your police department! We'll have activities for kids, crime prevention information, tours, food trucks, and more! Here's what we're planning: 

• Meet-n-greet with police
• Tours of the Police portable
• Tours of the Public Works yard
• Touch-a-truck areas with police vehicles and rigs, fire truck, and public works vehicles where they work (in the public works yard)
• Crime prevention tips
• Paws on Patrol information
• Parking and E-Bike information
• Emergency preparedness tips
• Activities and games for families
• Come learn about these organizations
  • NORCOM (regional 9-1-1 call center)
  • Eastside Fire & Rescue
  • King County Office of Emergency Management
  • YFS
  • Mercer Island School District

We’ll have popcorn, drinks, and ice cream sandwiches for attendees and Mercer Island’s Las Bugambilias Food Truck will be on site for folks to buy dinner.

Neighborhood NNO Events

We are pleased that so many neighborhoods are hosting their own NNO events! Getting to know your neighbors is key to a safer and more resilient neighborhood and community. As of July 30, all of our neighborhoods slots have been filled. If you are planning a 2025 event please contact Amanda Keverkamp (amanda.keverkamp@mercerisland.gov) to inquire about handouts and resources for your party.

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National Night Out (NNO) is a community-building event in the United States, held the first Tuesday of August annually in cities across the country.

The event is designed to increase awareness about police programs like the Neighborhood Watch Program, drug prevention, Paws on Patrol, emergency preparedness, and other crime prevention and safety efforts.