Birmingham celebrates Halloween in style with events across the city [Video]

FILLED AHEAD OF TIME. WELL, MANY ARE WINDING DOWN NOW FROM A NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE HOPING TO NOT ONLY KEEP KIDS SAFE, BUT ALSO BUILD MORE TRUST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IT’S PART OF THE REASON WHY BIRMINGHAM OFFICERS SPENT THE EVENING PASSING OUT TREATS ACROSS THEIR PRECINCTS. WVTM 13 JARVIS ROBERTSON WAS THERE. WHAT DO POLICE HOPE TO GAIN FROM THIS INITIATIVE? JARVIS. WELL, THE MAIN GOAL IS SAFETY. YOU KNOW, WE’VE HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT THERE BEING ISSUES WITH THE CANDY OR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS WHILE FAMILIES ARE OUT TRICK OR TREATING. BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE THAT AND EASE THOSE FEARS FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. NOW, WE DID STOP BY THE NORTH PRECINCT A LITTLE BIT AROUND 6:00 THIS EVENING, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT MOST OF THE CANDY WAS GONE. THOSE I SPOKE WITH FROM THE BIRMINGHAM POLICE …