Butterfly, Captain America, Bananas and Princess Belle waited outside the Kern County Sheriff’s Office by 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
The lineup may sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but many people lined up for good reason. Several deputies had bags of candy and demonstrations of their equipment on hand during the National Night Out.
Created as a celebration of KCSO’s Halloween, National Night Out allows children to dress up as their favorite characters and peruse KCSO’s various divisions while petting horses, playing games, and observing various community organizations. I was able to
“Children are the highlight of our day,” said KCSO Sheriff Donnie Youngblood.
The impressive audience around him added that surrogates can be associated with negative experiences if they’ve seen their parents get into trouble. Such events show children the different services KCSO offers and instill a positive experience.
“I’m really excited for tonight,” added Youngblood.
The hippie chick watching Deadpool playing the Plinko board game and waving at K9s. Deadpool told reporters that K9 was his favorite part of the night.
“(Our favorite) so far,” Christa Hayes, dressed in a ’70s outfit, teased her nephew Landon Clarke, 9, who dressed as Deadpool. Dragged towards ponies and horses.
Before he left, however, Clark opened his bag to reveal piles of candies, notebooks, and goodies, in addition to the sugar candies.
Alyna, Meah, Sara and Jocelyn Cazares were all peeking out of a makeshift bar while their aunt took pictures at a booth run by a detention center agent. When a prison officer lifted the bars blocking the trunk of the car, the girls jumped out, and the children grinned with teeth as Aunt Franny Cazares snapped another photo.
“She said she was going to lock me up,” 8-year-old Meah Cazares said of her aunt while a crowd of girls burst into laughter. , knew that time in prison would be limited.
Jocelyn Cazares, 6, pried open a green plastic tooth to tell reporters that she wanted to go to jail and examine the bodies inside. She hugged her body and left.
At a table run by Dignity Health, Erin Ramey picked up Narcan for a presentation on how to use it. Her grandson wanted to become a member of SWAT, and they all stopped by to check out the booth run by SWAT’s representatives.
Ali Rodriguez watched her son dressed as Buzz Lightyear slide into various booths and come back with a notebook. , licked a green airhead while sitting in the stroller.
Rodriguez says, “I feel much safer than trick-or-treating all the troubles going on with candy and fentanyl.
Buzz Lightyear began pulling on his mother’s arm and writhing without answering the reporter’s question. Hendrix Rodriguez apparently couldn’t wait to stop and talk when the various attractions awaited.
As soon as the conversation ended, the five-year-old boy drove it to the jail bars.
