|
REPORT GRAFFITI ::
TIPS FOR GRAFFITI PREVENTION
GRAFFITI IS A BLIGHT UPON OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT IS ONLY THROUGH A
COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF OUR CITIZENS THAT GRAFFITI AND ITS NEGATIVE
EFFECTS CAN BE CONTROLLED.
Make Your Property Graffiti Resistant
- Install improved lighting and motion sensitive lighting.
- Grow vines to cover unpainted retaining walls, or native shrubs
with prickly or thorny foliage to block access to walls.
- Install a graffiti resistant coating on your walls.
- Cover drainpipes on commercial buildings to prevent scaling to
roof.
- Organize a commercial or residential Community Watch program.
Call 817-459-5725 for assistance.
- Create a “paint bank” with paint and supplies that others in the
area can use when needed.
- Keep matching paint on hand to paint out graffiti quickly.
Studies have shown that eliminating graffiti within 24-48 hours is
one of the most effective ways to discourage it.
Graffiti Elimination
Graffiti can often be removed without damaging the surface it is
on.
If removal is not possible, the graffiti may be covered by painting
over it.
Visit "Graffiti Hurts" removal and restoration information web page.
Effective graffiti elimination does not leave “shadows” or
“ghosts”, and does not follow the graffiti pattern such that letters
remain apparent after they have been removed or covered. Shaping a
removal or coverage area as a neat geometric shape such as a box or
circle reduces the potential for “ghosts” or “shadows”. If the area is
heavily covered with graffiti, it is best to treat the entire surface.
Before you eliminate the graffiti, take a picture and email or mail
it to the police at investigations@ci.arlington.tx.us or attn:
Gang Unit Sergeant
Arlington PD
PO Box 90231
MS 04-0343
Arlington TX 76004-3231
[
back
]
 |
