with halloween falling on a saturday this year, law enforcement across the metro area is preparing for what could be a very busy weekend. austin reed- live from downtown albuquerque to tell us what police are doing to make sure minute thumbnail 12:05 pm tomorrow’s trick-or-treaters, and partiers stay as safe as possible. austin? between the albuquerque police department, and the bernalillo county sheriff's office-- they both say that they're ready for much higher than normal calls for service this weekend. but-- in order to have the safest holiday possible: they're asking for help from you. "nats: trick r treaters" halloween is supposed to be fun for all. i'm always concerned when there is a bunch of little kids and sometimes the older kids pick on them and things like that but sometimes that "fun" can turn into a real nightmare for many. so that's why a-p-d and b-c- s-o will be working extra hard all weekend long. we'll take action in whatever needs to be done to make sure law and order is kept b-c- s-o has "operation boo" in place. you can expect extra patrols out. — on halloween night between 5 and 8, at every fire station inside the county, firefighters will hand out minute thumbnail 12:06 pm reflective bags to anyone. -- they're also encouraging people to call the sheriff's office non-emergency number for neighborhood patrols. i think it's a good thing that you have that extra support, cus a lot of times when you call something in, you don't know how long it'll be before they respond a- p-d will also have extra patrols across the city, and they're offering these helpful safety reminders... "try to hit the neighborhoods your familiar with and neighbors you know, always check candy and if you have any questions, simply get rid of it, and if you see anything suspicious, your asked to call 911 immediately" and for a list of some safe halloween events across the entire state, just go to the brand new kob.com. click on 4 links