We relocated from Manitoba to Burbank California for 9 months in 1958 . This country boy had never before seen what happens in cities like Burbank , Los Angeles & Pasadena ..The school where I attended for the grade 6 classes was fenced by a chain link fence with security guards at the entrance ..We were told to never walk alone too and from school as there were plenty of bad things happening . ..I walked past the Police and Fire Station every day on my way to school and was given grand tour of the Station .. The police / Fire Station alarms were sounding every hour ..