Posted: 1/25/2010 7:09:49 PM EDT
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I posted this in GD, but maybe you guys would have some other ideas? http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=990091 |
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Hmmmm......as the former Graffiti Abatement Officer for the City of Goodyear, I can tell you, the faster it gets removed, the better.
Never let it linger, if you do, it signals that it is OK to do it. Vigiliance is always a plus. Barrier coatings - there is "sacrificial" and "non-sacrificial". The former is wax based and washes off with the graffiti. The latter is a bit more expensive and may last 5 washes (using a pressure sprayer). There is a company in PHX using pharmacuetical grade baking soda in a pressure sprayer to clean up graffiti, and is supposed to be very effective. Are these taggers, or is gang territory being marked. Gang graffiti is usually very clear to read and understand. They want you to know who they are and that this is their turf. Tagging is usuall some dumb-ass looking for fame. 
When you see it, report it. Document and remove as quickly as possible. Taggers think it is art, but it is not, is is criminal vandalism. ARS section 13-1602. Where do you live? Glendale has a good program in place. |
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Quoted: Hmmmm......as the former Graffiti Abatement Officer for the City of Goodyear, I can tell you, the faster it gets removed, the better. Never let it linger, if you do, it signals that it is OK to do it. Vigiliance is always a plus. Barrier coatings - there is "sacrificial" and "non-sacrificial". The former is wax based and washes off with the graffiti. The latter is a bit more expensive and may last 5 washes (using a pressure sprayer). There is a company in PHX using pharmacuetical grade baking soda in a pressure sprayer to clean up graffiti, and is supposed to be very effective. Are these taggers, or is gang territory being marked. Gang graffiti is usually very clear to read and understand. They want you to know who they are and that this is their turf. Tagging is usuall some dumb-ass looking for fame. When you see it, report it. Document and remove as quickly as possible. Taggers think it is art, but it is not, is is criminal vandalism. ARS section 13-1602. Where do you live? Glendale has a good program in place. First, I'm not really sure if it's gang or just idiots. Some is idiots. For instance someone tagged "Howz my dick taste". I'm not thinking that's something a banger would waste time spraying. Others may very well be gang stuff. Initials, names, etc. Then crossed through and a new name written. I looked on the Phoenix web site. They have a blight busters program that I can join. You train for 4 Saturdays, and then they provide you with free paint, a sprayer, and other stuff. This might be my only option. The only thing is, you have to have signed waivers from anyone who's wall has been tagged before you can do anything. If they haven't signed that, there's nothing you can do. Personally, I'd be perfectly happy if AZG&F sold hunt tags. The state could make a little extra scratch, and I could put my ghillie and suppressor to good use. I have a feeling that would stop taggers pretty fucking quick if they knew it was legal to shoot them on sight. ETA: I'm in Phoenix, off 35th Ave and Thunderbird. |
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Cowboy Gunner is absolutely right. There is a "public" structure near me which was constantly tagged when I moved in. I decided to adopt it and have offered same-day removal of tagging for the last 4 years. I've been very successful. There are occasional outbursts usually at the start or end of a school break, but where the structure was constantly being tagged in the past, it now remains clean most all the time, and all but one of the tagging episodes ended quickly when they realize they won't be able to leave their "pee stain" there for other "dogs" to "sniff and pee on" for more than a half-day. They seem to be too lazy to try it more than two or three times I've found.
As for private structures, I've offered to help people paint things in the past, or offered to call the city to report a need for cleanup. I'd never paint someone else's property without getting their thumbs up, but the "public" structure is in part "my" structure and I feel perfectly in the right to be a steward of it. All that said I do go "reclaiming" armed, not with any interest or intention of finding the painters or anything of that sort, but simply out of the realization that tagging is often related to gang activity. Gangsters often carry arms, and tend to use them if they feel "disrespected" (and I expect cleaning up their "pee" stains qualifies). I am very conscious of my surroundings when I go to clean up and make sure to tell my wife, have my phone, etc. The only bad outbreak occurred when a small gang (ESBP) tried very hard to make a name for a few weeks on multiple private and public structures. I talked to every neighbor affected and everyone made an effort to suppress the graffiti. For whatever reason, they moved on without incident. It's definitely worth the effort and cost (all out of my own pocket). The pride in seeing this structure clean day after day is most rewarding, and it seems to have motivated others to be more aggressive in abatement of their own property. |