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Graffiti Eradication Program
Solution
Eradication
- Removal projects for dated graffiti
- 24-hr removal time for new graffiti
- Paint overs - in conjunction with community groups
- Prisoner work programs
- Sand blast
- Chemical cleaning
- Soda blast
- Pressure wash
- Murals
- Graffiti transformation program
- Adopt-a-block program
- Neighbourhood Watch
- Plywood covers, fencing, clinging vines, ivy
Education
- School presentations
- Community presentations
- Children's presentations
- Community publications, newsletter, paper
- Internet web pages
- Division specific flyers, posters, pamphlets
- Service brochures
- City wide media
- Toronto Police Service Graffiti hotline 416-733-8686
Empowerment
- Enlist aid from community groups, agencies, Councilors
- Community driven presentations
- Community initiated paint over
- Aid of Church, Synagogue or Mosques
- Town hall meetings
- Community cable television
- Community fund raisers
- Establish community paint banks
- Business letterheads to property owners hit with graffiti to enlist clean up
Enforcement
- Arrest
- Zero tolerance
- Crime management initiatives
- Surveillance programs
- Intelligence gathering programs
- Camera photo libraries
- Municipal codes
- Crime Stoppers
- Informants
Economic Development
- Graffiti – Community Building
For info on legal graffiti art projects or events contact:
Toronto Police Service Legal Graffiti Art Coordinator
Cst. Scott Mills, Crime Stoppers Community Youth Officer
Phone: 416-808-7260
To view educational videos on community building through graffiti art visit: http://YouTube.com/LegalGraffitiArt
To view graffiti art projects with youth on BMX Bike Ramps visit: http://YouTube.com/TorontoBMX
“Youth in Neighbourhoods: A Positive Approach to Graffiti Management”, the Ontario School Resource Officer Training Manual.
- Municipal urban beautification programs
- Toronto Graffiti Transformation Program
- Youth Art business Co-op
- Eradication business ventures
- Business improvement association funding for Police Programs
- Tourism
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