Graffiti Tripwire cameras apprehend another 23 offenders live.

Tripwire hails another success as more cities gain the upper hand on their graffiti and other crimes as they occur and not after the fact. As the name suggests the small, covert, portable units are hidden around cities to detect and send immediate images and intelligence to law enforcement officers.
(Media-Newswire.com) - April 22, 2008 -- Cities are taking on graffiti offenders and winning with the help of Tripwire graffiti cameras. As the name suggests the small, covert, portable units are hidden around cities to detect and send immediate images and intelligence to law enforcement officers.

This method, devised by David Black from Tripwire, has seen not only graffiti offenders, but illegal dumpers, vandals, trespassers, even rapists and murders arrested and jailed.

"The units have seen some massive wins with the most outstanding being the apprehension of a serial rapist and murderer in Riverside County. We have seen some cities getting 23 arrests off one Tripwire camera placed strategically in a hot spot in only a month or so" Mr Black said.

The cameras design being small, portable and covert, means officers can quickly deploy cameras and hide them on site. Their own battery source sees them in the field for weeks at a time before needing a charge.
Some cities use the rapid apprehension units for simple monitoring of trouble spots, while others use the units as a reactive tool for more critical situations. The Tripwires can be working on a graffiti site one week and then moved to work on say a site where drugs are being sold the next week. The versitility is really outstanding.

The beauty of the units is the speed it takes from detection to receive between 1 - 5 shots of offenders on site with text information on each location.
Within approximately 30 seconds, officers can receive and open the first images to decide whether to respond.

"CCTV has its place, but the new found ability to be on site in minutes even in remote areas is fantastic" Lieutenant Vest of San Jacinto stated. "Our officers can work on other areas while the cameras can sit for weeks until we get a positive detection on what we are looking for".

"The units have had hundreds of successes" Mr Black said. "Whether its kids vandalizing city property or thieves stealing from ticket vending machines through to the more serious crimes, Cities and their police really can have the upper hand now".

"Adding to the Tripwire cameras success, is the release of one of the most intelligent graffiti and other crime tracking data systems" Mr Black said. The added GRIP GPS tracking system allows cities and law enforcement to not only track graffiti offenders but enables them to identify their crews and gangs, their associates, and profile them thoroughly. "We designed the system in direct consultation with cities and their Police to bring the best possible scenario to them at an affordable price" stated Mr Black.

Although focusing on graffiti crime, the GRIP GPS system allows Law Enforcement to also input and analyize all other city crime using extensive mapping and reporting capabilities.
"We looked at the other issues that are of interest be it illegal dumping, evidence of drug use and all manner of areas, so a city and its police can really focus on the issues with full knowledge and understanding", Mr Black said.

Now cities not only have all their offenders monikers and damage tallied but have the ability to access whether the properties are privately, commercially or city owned, the exact details and all manner of relevant city information.
The GRIP systems affordability means that all cities who are neighbors can be on the one share able system so offenders who affect multiple cities and infrastructure are all quickly identifiable.

With the GRIP graffiti and crime tracking database, it means a city is fully equipped to manage and deal with these problems completely and with the right equipment.

A city using both the GRIP graffiti and crime tracking database combined with the Tripwire cameras, has the best scenario possible to really make a difference in both the short and long term.

Getting a GRIP on graffiti has never been easier or more affordable.