Abstract: A surveillance system utilizing existing street lighting equipment. In a preferred embodiment, surveillance units include a small camera and a wireless transceiver and a connector that allows the surveillance units to plug into an existing outdoor light in the place of the outdoor lights' photo cells. In this preferred embodiment communication between the lights and the cellular station is at frequencies of about 2.4 GHz and uses the 802.11b protocol that permits transmission of data at up to 11 million bits per second or the 802.11g protocol that permits transmission of data at up to 54 million bits per second. The cellular stations then communicates with the central monitoring station at a frequency range of 71-76 GHz and 81 to 86 GHz that permits transmission of data at about 1.0 billion bits per second.