Sturtevant Porch Light Program Shines a Light on Safety - Mount ...
The bulbs will be CFLs (compact flourescent light) from The Milwaukee Light Bulb company, which are energy-efficient and won't cost homeowners any extra to use. So Larsen decided to do something about it. With help from WE Energies, Sturtevant handed out more than 300 light bulbs to residents for free as the Sturtevant Porch Light Project. Once again, WE Energies is lending a hand, this year with a donation of $500 so the village can purchase light bulbs for residents. "Any kind of light like the Porch Light Program or motion lights, too, are excellent ways to help keep crime away. A 13-watt CFL is the equivalent of a traditional 60-watt bulb but costs about a third to use and last three times as long. But Marschke said having a front porch light on also helps police locate an address when they're responding to a call. Sturtevant Police Chief Sean Marschke said lighting an area is a crime deterrent. "There were stretches of blocks where homes did not have their porch lights on," he said. "We'd just had our first murder in how many years and it didn't make sense for there to be no lights.
