Since you have been back - "JTF" - you might want to do some more homework on this.

The last rape at WRL was during the day.

The last murder was in a well-lit parking lot.

So much for anecdotal evidence.

Crime at WRL is predominately BMV - during the day - per the police at the meeting, per the stats.

Put out enough lights - and BMV will become a night time crime - in the lakeside parking lots

As someone asked at the meeting - "If you put in these lights and crime goes up at night, would you remove them ?"

Parks was dumbfounded by this - could not answer.

As Allen points out - this was a slick sales job by some lighting vendors - who sold it playing on "insecurities"

Then got the contract for "special" fixtures - from one supplier. Halliburton comes to White Rock.

That's what went on here. Allen was the only person in the room to ask about how this project got bid . . . .