Lights up, crime down: could better lighting lead to a lower crime rate?

The holidays are over, but LED lights are still going up all around Omaha. The Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) has replaced approximately 20 percent of the city’s street lights with high efficiency LED lights. Officer Ruben Soto from the Omaha Police Department said switching to brighter LEDs in older parts of the city will take time, but could help improve visibility and decrease crime. “Some of the older parts of town may be on the darker side, because of the low light street lights that are on. That’s probably been there for quite some time. It might be a little bit dimmer,” Soto said.