The United States said: LED lighting can inhibit urban crime

United States Austin city police station and Austin Energy energy cooperation to protect urban residents. The two agencies are planning to install LED lighting in the three most dangerous locations in Austen, the United States, to prevent crime since the violent crime rate increased in the year of 2011.

Austin Energy spokesman Carlos Cordova said that the place where the lighting is good is usually not a crime, because no one wants to do bad things when they are seen.

According to the requirements of the city police station, Austin Energy set up 25 LED lights. The new LED bulb is brighter than the old one. Cordova said in a good lighting environment, people can safely engage in recreational activities, no need to worry about security issues.

Austen eighth and ninth street lighting test results were very successful, this lighting project is one of a series of policies to combat urban crime. From 2011 to January 2012, the growth of violent crime 15%. but by July, violent crime only grow 7.8%. in the future the city will be a bigger project, will update the 70 thousand lamps, the Austin Energy budget.

It is reported that the new LED lighting products to reduce the crime rate, in the country all over the world earlier in Japan, known as the LED crime prevention lamp, has been used in the streets and alleys, to replace the traditional fluorescent lamp small lights.

In addition, some studies have pointed out that the blue light, you can make people more calm, some of the LED anti crime lights will also take the blue, white separate configuration.