Ended up using a gate valve lockout to lock up my exterior faucets. If somebody wants to really turn the faucet on they can break it, but for the idiot thugs walking through the neighborhood, it'll stop them (hopefully).
Got word from the city itself, lol, that instead of putting a new/brighter light bulb on the street lamp, they're going to put up a brand new pole either right on my property at the end of the driveway (which would be great for me) or right across the street. Either way, a win win for me. Guess the city was getting tired of hearing of the complaints from my city council member, who is getting tired of hearing it from me, they said screw it and gave in. lol...
Now, the waiting begins for THAT to happen. Could be a month, could be 6 months, knowing this city and crew, I'd say closer to 6 months.
Oh, police finally came by. In fact 8 of them in less than a 10 minute period. Not sure what happened, but something big was going on. My two 7x cameras picked them up (likely just because of seeing print on the vehicles) and my new 431 ANPR picked them up. Difficult to read the plates, but I could get them. With the new light going up, it should help quite a bit all around.