Boise Eclipse

While in Boise, Idaho recently to view the total eclipse of the Sun, a couple of ideas came to mind that will become a novel. It seems that law enforcement employed the bulk of their forces to traffic control. The kernel of an idea was formed: how would opportunistic criminals respond to such a public disclosure? My thought is that they would take advantage of the lack of law enforcement to commit crimes they might otherwise have never considered.
I'm going to write a heist novel once I've completed my latest edit of Welles Lang's Magic Box, which I must say I'm enjoying immensely.