Photo Gallery: National Night Out in Burbank

Art Russo, of Burbank, competes with his son Nick, 9, with a hoola hoop at the annual National Night Out hosted by Burbank Police and the city¿s Park, Recreation and Community Services department on the Chandler Bikeway. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Aug. 8, 2012 4:10 PM PT

Thousands of Burbank residents on Tuesday turned out for National Night Out events across the city -- part of a nationwide effort to encourage neighborhoods to band together in the fight against crime.

Photo Gallery: National Night Out in Burbank

Joseph Alfaro, 7, of Burbank, peaks through a port hole on the Burbank Police Departments armored vehicle at the annual National Night Out hosted by Burbank Police and the city¿s Park, Recreation and Community Services department on the Chandler Bikeway. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Gail Stewart, of Downtown Burbank, blows bubbles at the annual National Night Out hosted by Burbank Police and the city¿s Park, Recreation and Community Services department on the Chandler Bikeway. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Luis Mendez, 9, with his sister Daisy, 3, closely watching, pets Texas, a horse with the Burbank Police’s mounted patrol at the annual National Night Out hosted by Burbank Police and the city¿s Park, Recreation and Community Services department on the Chandler Bikeway. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Charlie, a rescued Jack Russell-chihuahua mix, walks with Hilary Scarl, of Burbank, at the annual National Night Out hosted by Burbank Police and the city¿s Park, Recreation and Community Services department on the Chandler Bikeway. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Sophia Curry, 4, of Burbank, slurps on a free snowcone at the annual National Night Out hosted by Burbank Police and the city¿s Park, Recreation and Community Services department on the Chandler Bikeway. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Ferris Kawar, a City of Burbank employee at the Recycling Center, waves to friends as he walks with his daughter Hazel, 2, at the annual National Night Out hosted by Burbank Police and the city¿s Park, Recreation and Community Services department on the Chandler Bikeway. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Lauren Serrano, 11, of San Fernando, watches floating bubbles she just blew as she waits for kids to come to her for face paint at the annual National Night Out hosted by Burbank Police and the city¿s Park, Recreation and Community Services department on the Chandler Bikeway. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)