Bands against meth distributed at law enforcement event

Mills Park was hopping Tuesday night and a carnival wasn’t the lure, free hot dogs and the chance to mingle with law enforcement was.

“This is probably the best turnout we’ve had in three years,” said Sheriff Ken Furlong of National Night Out.

The first and second years the turnout was modest, but that was made up for threefold Tuesday when scores of Carson City residents filled the city’s largest public park and stopped by some of the events 42 booths. From the National Guard to the Capitol Police, the District Attorney’s Office to anti-methamphetamine coalition “Partnership Carson City,” all law enforcement agencies within the capital city were accounted for.

This year’s event was entitled “Take your stand against meth,” and the theme was evident in the hundreds of T-shirts and rubber bracelets stamped, “Meth is Death,” donned by the masses.
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