dallas graffiti arts project
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Dallas Graffiti Arts ProjectPublic Safety Committee
August 14, 2012
www.dallaspolice.netDavid O. BrownChief Of Police
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Purpose
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To provide the Council with an update of
efforts being made to curb/eliminate illegal
graffiti, including:
- review of traditional methods
- introduction of more innovative approaches
To seek Councils support of these efforts.
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Project Impetus
Council has had a keen interest in reducing graffitithroughout the city.
- CM Jasso has led many efforts to meet the challenge:
District One Graffiti Wipeout Workshop targeting
students and parents in grades K 5.
Anti-graffiti themes incorporated into DISD curriculum.
Neighborhood abatements and student murals.
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Enhance Our Efforts
Traditional city responses to end graffiti arrest andabatement have had only limited success.
More/different is needed to achieve better results:
enhanced enforcement creative abatement collaborations
partnerships with graffiti artists
Anticipated outcomes of these updates: reduction in overall incidence of illicit graffiti and
change in general public perception that all graffiti art is
criminal and a blight to neighborhoods.
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Definitions and Types of Graffiti
Graffiti markings such as drawings, painting, slogans, andsymbols placed in any manner on tangible property
Three principal types of illegal graffiti:
Vandalism Ethnic, religious, or sexual slurs placed on
property and often promoted by video and websites
Tagging Random markings by those seeking recognition
Gang Graffiti symbols, names, initials, and the like
communicating with other gangs, often to identify territory,
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Traditional Enforcement Efforts
Enforcement efforts continue to use existing statutes:
Texas Penal Code 25.08 prohibits graffiti. Penalties range
from jail to prison depending on amount of damage.
Automatic felony for defacing schools, churches,
cemeteries, community centers, etc.
Dallas City Ordinance Section 31-39 prohibits possessionof graffiti instruments (spray paint, markers, etc.) by
minors and can impose fines on parents.
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Traditional Enforcement Efforts
NPO and patrol officers targeting graffiti hotspots
Gang Unit tracking gang members, their
territories, and symbols to identify taggers
Trained detectives who work only on graffiti cases
Pro-active educational efforts in schools,community organizations, and the like to
encourage respect for others property
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Enhanced EnforcementChanges underway to prosecute violators more effectively:
Use of new tracking software that:
Documents tagging with geo-coded photographs,
Automatically calculates clean-up costs, and
Supports prosecution efforts
Focus on building multiple cases to enhance criminal penalties
against prolific taggers
Relating cases based on art and tagging style, theme, and composition
Selected officers put on temporary assignment with Gang Unit
Will learn more about gang and graffiti intervention
Upon return to stations will serve as a local point of contact and resource
Currently at SW and NW
Next training cycle begins in September
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Traditional Abatement
Abatement is bringing properties into compliance onceefforts to gain voluntary compliance from propertyowners have been exhausted
Public complaints directed to 311 and 911.
Response by Code to remove illicit tagging.
Paint-overs by businesses, community organizations,and neighborhood groups on limited or ad hoc basis.
Clean-up and restoration by neighborhood policeofficers (NPOs).
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Creative Abatement Collaborations
Innovative abatement programs:
Adopt-A-Block
Volunteer Program
Community Wipeout
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Volunteer Program
Typically Individuals
Abatement throughout the City
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Community Wipe Out Program
Existing Program
Spearheaded by Councilmember Delia Jasso
Genie the Giraffe
Organizations, schools, corporations, etc.,
Geographical Area
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Training Component
Review of City Ordinance
Consent Forms
Safety Training Paint Disposal
Abatement Log and
or Photos
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A New Approach
While the enhanced enforcement and abatementprograms will help, these efforts representsticks in changing behavior
National best practices suggest carrots can bean important addition to these efforts
The concept is to harness the creative energy ofsome of the violators and show them a differentpathOne where they can express themselves legally
One where can maybe even make some money
This carrot approach does not replacetraditional enforcement measures
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A New Partnership
The Graffiti Arts Project is a collaborative effort between theCity and known graffiti artists. It offers artists alternatives to
random and destructive graffiti like:
- free walls
- competitions- opportunities for legitimate employment
- publicity for their talents
And the city gets pledges by the artists to cease all other
tagging and to work to make it cool to be legal
Other cities like Toronto, Phoenix, and Venice, California use
similar programs.
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Ben Eine Video
Dallas businessman John Barr interviews formerunderground London tagger Ben Eine
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Alternatives For Artists Under the
Graffiti Arts Project
Free Walls Carefully selected walls where any
artist or tagger may put up any piece of art or
decoration without fear of police intervention.
City-sanctioned competitions and opportunities
to place controlled graffiti art
on public and private property.
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Pilot Project
Dallas Windfest May 12, 2012
Selected graffiti artists were given concrete wallspace under the Commerce Street viaduct
during the city-sponsored Windfest. Their
efforts were well received and generated many
favorable comments.
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Donations
Mark Cuban - $100,000 received for supplies
and materials related to graffiti abatement
Establishing Community Sponsorships
Opportunity to donate either cash or purchase
items on our wish list
New Website www.graffitidallas.com
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Next Steps
Competition this fall at Farmers Market to usegraffiti-style art on eight pillars in main market
area.
Artists will submit proposals to the Friends of
the Farmers Market and best designs will be
approved for painting the pillars.
Small cash award and free publicity for artists.
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Reminder
The Dallas Graffiti Arts Program seeks to redirectthe talent and energy of known artists andoffenders from traditional illegal tagging to a city-approved program to enhance our city and reduce
random, destructive graffiti.
It is a supplement to, NOT a substitute for,traditional law enforcement and city restoration of
vandalized properties.
And it effectively leverages community volunteersto abate destructive graffiti
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Specific Project Goals
Use new enforcement tactics against those who insist
on illegal tagging outside this program
Maintain effective abatement through new
partnerships to restore vandalized properties
Provide artists an alternative
to illicit tagging and thereby
reduce the level of randomgraffiti in our city.
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QUESTIONS?
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