1. Frisco Police Department 2009 National Night Out Wrap-up and Community Topics

2. 2009 National Night Out Events  Green Home, Health & Safety Fair  Battle of the Badges Blood Drive  Good vs. Good Basketball Game  National Night Out

3. Green Home, Health & Safety Fair  Held on Saturday, September 26  Frisco Athletic Center  Over 1,000 attendees  First opportunity for attendees to donate blood with Carter BloodCare for the Battle of the Badges blood drive  Vendors and static display of police and fire equipment and personnel

5. Battle of the Badges Blood Drive  Carter BloodCare took all blood donations  Donations taken at City Hall, police department, and fire department  Those who donated could designate their donation as a bid for police or fire  Frisco Fire Department won the blood drive by a small margin

7. Good vs. Good Basketball Game  Saturday, October 3 rd at Frisco High School  Players were police officers and firefighters  Ticket sales for event went to Special Olympics, estimated at more than $600  Final score: FD 64 - PD 51  Police lead the series 2-1

9. Frisco’s 2009 National Night Out  Tuesday, October 13 (rescheduled)  Due to weather, nearly 25% of all parties were cancelled that day  Police and Fire visited nearly 100 parties  Will be looking for public feedback on whether to retain the October date for Texas or return to national August date for the 2010 events

12. Hunting in Frisco  Dove season opened on September 1 st  New restrictions on hunting distances  Opening day 2008: 82 calls  Opening day 2009: 18 calls  9 calls were complaints  9 calls inquiring into the new law

14. Back to School 2009  Handheld cell phones prohibited in school zones as of September 1  Only prohibited during school zone hours and if signs are present  Officers are phasing in enforcement by issuing warnings and will slowly begin to cite for offenses

16. Youth Drug Education Programs  Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)  Juvenile Impact Program (JIP)  Collin County Substance Council  Teen Academy  Junior Police Academy  Shattered Dreams  Community Services Division

19. New Communications Tower  Erected on the northeast corner of the police department’s property  Provides digital radio signal city-wide  Stands 260’ tall (plus antennas)  Can withstand 120 mph wind and 1” ice coverage on structure

21. For additional information: Adam J. Henderson, Sergeant Public Information Office Frisco Police Department 972.292.6133 office 972.292.6074 fax AHenderson@FriscoTexas.gov www.FriscoTexas.gov/Police