Ask the Expert: Why do we have National Night Out in October, when the rest of the country has it in August?

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Tuesday night is a chance for us to do something we might not do at any other time the rest of the year.

That is when we're supposed to go outside and meet the neighbors for National Night Out in Texas.

Police departments all over encourage people to turn on the porch lights, and go say hello.

There are events going on all over North Texas for National Night Out.
One of the biggest events is in the city of Arlington. Town Watch rated Arlington's version of National Night Out in the top three every year since 2015.

On today's Ask The Expert, Tim Ciesco joined us from the Arlington Police Department.

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