National Night Out? Hey, in West Hollywood, every night is a night out. But this past Tuesday’s National Night Out was a special one that brought together public safety officers and people from various of the city’s neighborhoods to mix and mingle. This year’s event, which took place on Tuesday night, was the 36th anniversary of National Night Out, which began in 1984 as an effort to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, law enforcement and community partnerships, neighborhood camaraderie and to send a message that neighborhoods are organized against crime.
Comedian and videographer Ben Kawaller took to the streets of West Hollywood to check in on several neighborhood National Night Out events. As you’ll see in the video above, Kawaller used his ironic sense of humor to interview Lt. William Moulder of the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station, whose own subtle sense of humor is evident in his response to Kawaller’s provocative questions. Kawaller also elicited some laughter from Scott Houston, a member of the board of the West Basin Municipal Water District representing Division IV, which includes West Hollywood. And then he gave a platform for Pat Dixon to call out Seniors in Action’s monthly meeting.
The gallery below shows what you missed if you weren’t able to attend the West Hollywood Heights Neighborhood Association’s National Night Out event. WHHNA’s chair, Elyse Eisenberg, provided the photos to WEHOville, which show that every City Council member was in attendance, along with U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff.
Elyse Eisenberg, chair of the West Hollywood Heights Neighborhood Association, displaying her cupcakes.
From left, West Hollywood City Councilmember John Heilman, West Hollywood Heights Neigborhood Association Chair Elyse Eisenberg, and U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff
West Hollywood City Councilmember Lauren Meister
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (second from right) talking with constituents at National Night Out
City Councilmember John Duran with Elyse Eisenberg, chair of the West Hollywood Heights Neighborhood Association
West Hollywood Mayor John D’Amico (center) with Elyse Eisenberg and Richard DiMaggio
West Hollywood City Councilmember Lindsey Horvath, center, with Public Safety Commission Chair Amanda Laflen, on the right
West Hollywood’s canine citizens.
Well, very honestly, Michael and I gave you at least 30 minutes of good, spontaneous, witty repartee, and all we got was a lousy .07 seconds? (besides which, why did you have to loop an awful New York accent to my voice?) My agent is very upset and his agent will be calling your agent. Other than that, it was a good clip of our wonderful city’s celebration of the various NNO.
Love that video at the top! Love this reporting! Thank you for looking after and reflecting our wonderful village!!
First, I think that Public Safety should be the number one priority for West Hollywood (and all Cities). I appreciate the effort by the City to bring Residents’ together once a year to talk about crime. But I can’t help asking: “what’s the point?”. There has not been an overall reduction in crime since the “night out” started. Very little improvements have been made for public safety. The crosswalks are still inconsistent, car break in’s have not gone done, drug use in Plummer Park, Scooter and Electric bikes are not enforced, just to name a few items. The National Night… Read more »