Graffiti and making a police report.

[thisrocks at mac.com]

Even if there is no suspect, you must file a report. Here's why:

When the police apprehend a graffiti vandal, they find out what tag  
they use when defacing public/private property. Then they try to find  
other reports from THEIR precinct that include that same tag. There  
might only be 2 reports with photos of that same tag. Then they  
search reports from other precincts. If another precinct has 5  
reports with the matching graffiti symbols, the vandal now has 7  
instances of vandalism.

Now let's say a juvenile is picked up for skipping school, and this  
is the fifth time they've done it. An officer notices a marking on  
one of their books that looks like a graffiti tag they saw in several  
photos attached to reports. There is now a trail of evidence that can  
be used to prosecute the vandal.

This was explained to me by the president of the Nile Neighborhood  
Association, the other area in which I have a house. I appreciate  
further comments on how this works.

On Oct 7, 2006, at 8:22 PM, Maggie Keane wrote:

Will the police take a report if there's no suspect? I can't imagine  
they make reports on every tag in town, do they?

On 10/7/06, thisrocks at mac.com <thisrocks at mac.com> wrote:
Make sure to take a photo first before it is covered with paint! And
call a police report in, otherwise there will be no evidence to
charge the vandal against.

I'll do another sweep the week of October 16th.

Aaron

On Oct 7, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Maggie Keane wrote:

On one of the walls on the east side of 12th street right across from
(guess) North High, in addition to the graffiti that's already there
is now the F word and the B (rhymes with witch) word in big red
letters. Anybody got some time today to run over there and cover that
up? I would myself but I'm tied up.

Maggie
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