A streetlight apparatus and method involves use of an anti-theft material for deterring theft of electrical wiring from a streetlight. The anti-theft material includes a stack of rings encircling the electrical wiring in the chamber of the base of the streetlight, where each ring of the stack of rings may include a plurality of ring segments that are each individually insertable through an access opening of the base of the streetlight and positioned around the electrical wiring.

A streetlight apparatus and method involves use of an anti-theft material for deterring theft of electrical wiring from a streetlight. The anti-theft material includes a stack of rings encircling the electrical wiring in the chamber of the base of the streetlight, where each ring of the stack of rings may include a plurality of ring segments that are each individually insertable through an access opening of the base of the streetlight and positioned around the electrical wiring.