CENTRALIZED DATABASE
The task force will make use
of a centralized graffiti database containing information about known graffiti
vandals. The database will allow police to isolate vandalism patterns and use
those patterns to make arrests.
The task force will also
respond to graffiti complaints called into the city's 311
hotline. Such complaints will be classified as "urgent" under
this initiative.
NYPD Assistant Chief Ed
Young has been assigned to coordinate the city's anti-graffiti efforts. His work
will be made easier by the $500 reward the NYPD will pay to anyone who provides
information leading to the arrest and conviction of a graffiti vandal.
Although the city is placing
a high priority on curbing graffiti and other quality-of-life offenses,
Bloomberg said the NYPD would not waver in its efforts to combat violate crime.
A key aspect of those
efforts is Operation Impact, a program in which recent