Extra CCTV needed to combat graffiti vandals (From Southend Standard)
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Extra CCTV needed to combat graffiti vandals
4:00pm Tuesday 23rd October 2012 in Southend
EXTRA CCTV cameras are set to be installed at a park plagued by graffiti vandals.
It comes after the yobs left their tags all over King George’s Playing Fields, Rayleigh, leaving the council to clear them up.
They were scrawled across the skatepark, benches, and play equipment last weekend and had to be removed.
Town councillor Dave Sperring said: “We are doing all we can to keep it clean. You might think to put extra cameras in isn’t cost effective because it only costs about £20 to take graffiti off. But if it keeps going on it’s a repetitive cost .”
They are now looking into what would be the best type of cameras to complement those they already have in the park.
Comments(16)
Brunning999
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4:49pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Unless its acted upon IMMEADIATLY there is little point of taking film of a yob with a can spraying with a hood on then giving it to the Police who really do not have either the time or interest to take the recording from anyone.
The cost of CCTV will never be cheaper than removing the graffitti every time the tagger will soon give up.
These sprayers are often well educated people trying to make a name for themselves and they are to inadequate to find any other way of doing it.
Just make a policy of removal within 3 days, it will work.
Eric the Red
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5:01pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Nebs
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5:28pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Olivia2847
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5:29pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Bangemup
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5:40pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Rochford Rob
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6:54pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Or...have a graffiti exhibition announce a prize for the best tag then round the dopey sods up once you have their 'signatures' - a tactic I think was used in the US once.
DogsMessInLeigh
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9:33pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Basildon.lad.21
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9:49pm Tue 23 Oct 12
smiffy22
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11:35pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Eric the Red wrote:Sad it should come to this as being the only answer. Ten years in jail for the vandals would be better, but I can't see the wallies that run the judicial system agreeing to that.
CCTV? How about men in balaclavas carrying baseball bats?
Regards,
Smiffy22
SARFENDMAN
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6:20am Wed 24 Oct 12
alimac69
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11:33am Wed 24 Oct 12
perini
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11:55am Wed 24 Oct 12
snowbarney
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1:42pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Low-life scum.
I_hate_scum!
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4:50pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Basildon.lad.21 wrote:Yet another dumb comment from this Basildon !diot..
Some graffiti does look good, I must admit, but this is usually done legally by graffiti artists. Other then that, most looks sh!t, and probably de values surrounding houses by £10,000. Cheers boys.
Brunning999
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4:57pm Wed 24 Oct 12
DogsMessInLeigh wrote:I like that comment
Ahhh action at last..!!!!...the writings on the wall for these vandals.
David Crown says...
4:49pm Tue 23 Oct 12