Tuesday: Meet Your Local Crown Heights and PLG Cops on National Night Out

CROWN HEIGHTS and PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN — Police-community relations have been at the forefront of the national conversation this year. That applies to New York City as well.

Events like the fatal police shootings of Delrawn Small and Akai Gurley, both in East New York, have made headlines.

At the same time, the NYPD says crime has hit historic lows in the city, even while its officers are having fewer "contacts" — such as stop-and-frisk encounters — with city residents. The force is also continuing to roll out community policing at precincts throughout New York, a model under which officers are dedicated to specific geographic areas, with the goal of better connecting residents with their local cops.

That's also the goal of National Night Out, a nationwide evening of community events led by police officers that takes place on August 2.

If you live in Crown Heights or Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, your neighborhood is patrolled by either the NYPD's 71st Precinct or the 77th Precinct (here's the NYPD's precinct map so you can double-check).

The 71st will hold events from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Crown Street between Rogers Avenue and Bedford Avenue.

And the 77th will hold events from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Brower Park.

Top image courtesy of the NYPD