More Street Lighting in Echo Park

Select Patrol has teamed with The Echo Park Security Association and Positive Energy Group to enhance street lighting in the Echo Park and Angelino Heights communities.

With the recent spike in thefts from automobiles in the residential neighborhoods, Select Patrol has partnered with the North East area's leading crime prevention organizations in an effort to identify locations for added street lighting. The light itself is provided through the DWP's Utilitarian Light Program which installs regular street lighting fixtures on existing power poles.
The plan is to go through the community, and assess lighting needs street by street. This will be completed by a volunteer group made up of Select Patrol staff, EPSA members and other neighborhood residents. They group will identify each proposed lighting location by pole number and the nearest street address. A compilation of all proposed sites will be presented to the DWP for approval.
The goal of the plan is to improve illumination and remove the shadows where crimes may be committed easily under the cover of darkness. It is not the intention of this effort to drastically alter the look of the neighborhood at night by installing the type of high-intensity lighting many resident would find objectionable.
In addition to the installation of new street light fixtures, the volunteer group shall also report to city council staff locations where existing street lamps are obscured by trees. The project to identify proposed locations is estimated to take six weeks from start to finish. It is not known how long the process will be before new lighting is installed. However, submitting a community wide request for lighting is far more efficient than one street light at a time.
For more information on how to become involved please contact Select Patrol at 323.644.1014, or email selectpatrol@earthlink.net