This may not be new to some but I found it amazing. The video explains where to get, and how to use a free app that makes it possible for anyone to take a photo off the internet and find out where it was taken. For graffiti investigations this would be incredibly valuable, and for the average person who posts pics on Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, Twitter etc - critical!!! Thank you Kristina for sharing. 

Click HERE to see video

When does graffiti become art? I would have to say rarely when you consider a reported 25 Billion Dollars was spent last year dealing with the mess left by graffiti vandals. For the full article click HERE.

We received the below links from one of our Graffiti Fighter Members (George) in Coachella, CA. He thought the below articles may be of help to fellow Graffiti Fighters. Thank you George for sharing and for all the good work you and the City of Coachella are doing to eliminate graffiti vandalism. Keep up the good work. Click on Titles to view.

Parents of Graffiti Taggers face Civil Lawsuit (Video)

Parents of Taggers face Civil Lawsuit (News Article)

City of Coachella Reaching out for help (Video)

 

The City of Santa Rosa was one of our first host cities for a regional graffiti conference. You may have noticed in our Blog yesterday they apprehended a graffiti vandal and were looking for a contact in New York because the vandal had done graffiti there as well.  We gladly put them in touch with one of our Graffiti Fighter Members in New York. GOOD JOB Santa Rosa. Keep up the good work.

Click HERE for the full story.

Here is an e-mail we received from one of our Graffiti Fighter Members in northern California. 


" Any chance you have any law enforcement contacts in NY, specifically the Brooklyn area? We just arrested a tagger here that lived in NY for over a year and I was able to find a photo online of one of his tags in NY. I wanted to give them a heads up." 


We were of course more than happy to put them in contact with one of our Graffiti Fighter Members in New York. We currently have just under 300 members around the world. GOOD JOB Graffiti Fighters. Keep up the good work!!!!

I just love it when a plan comes together. We just received confirmation from Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O'Malley that someone from her office will be speaking at the 4th Annual Graffiti Masters this year. Details are available at www.TheGraffitiMasters.com. Register to attend before July 31st and you will receive a 10% discount by using coupon code, "EBGM2014"

There are precious few things in life worth dying for. Graffiti is most certainly not one of them.

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Got a question? Have a story to share?  Contact  us anytime! Call, email,  write a letter, send out the pony express or a smoke signal, whatever it takes. 

I would really like to hear what our transport police friends around the world have to say about this situation. A Gosford, Australia magistrate ruled officers should have taken his details rather than arrest him. Are you kidding? After doing graffiti then assaulting an officer?

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Got a question? Have a story to share?  Contact  us anytime! Call, email,  write a letter, send out the pony express or a smoke signal, whatever it takes. 

The city of Omaha has a good graffiti abatement program and people that truly care about eliminating graffiti vandalism.  They have attended our Zero Graffiti Int'l conferences and hosted their own events as well.  It just goes to show that the fight against graffiti is ongoing.

Click HERE for the Full Story. 

Got a question? Have a story to share?  Contact  us anytime! Call, email,  write a letter, send out the pony express or a smoke signal, whatever it takes. 


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If you have attended any of our events - City Greets, Graffiti Masters or ZGI San Francisco or Phoenix we would appreciate your feedback. We are looking for testimonials to share with future new attendees. 

Plans have begun for the 2015 Zero Graffiti Int'l conference. It will be held in Santa Ana, California which is near Disneyland and beaches. Tentative dates are Monday April 20th through Wednesday April 22nd. 

The picture is of 2012 Graffiti Fighter Award recipient Detective Colin Saysell from the London Transport Police presenting the 2013 Graffiti Fighter Award to Dr. Val Spicer Vancouver PD Sergeant