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What are the City Ordinances for Graffiti?
In November 2008, Denver City Council approved C.B. 673 after working closely with the Graffiti Task Force to draft the new enforcement ordinance.  The new graffiti fines and public service structure escalates according to the number of repeat offenses.  The first offense is 10 hours of community service and a mandatory fine of $100.  The second offense is 20 hours and $200, and the third is 30 hours and $300.  If someone doesn’t have the money to pay the fine in full, the new ordinance allows them to make installments.  The bill is also structured in a way that keeps student violators in school and assigns their public service during off-school hours.  The District Attorney is also no longer plea bargaining felony (over $500 in damages) graffiti cases and restitution is imposed as part of the penalty.  Property owners will also have a hand in wiping out the graffiti faster.  The time allowed to remove graffiti is cut sharply from 10 days to 48 hours for businesses and 72 hours for residential property. 
 

In 2008, Denver Partners Against Graffiti removed 4,608,220 square feet of graffiti and there were more than 831 graffiti-related arrests.  In Council District 10, DPAG removed 167,101 square feet and had over 2,500 incidents reported.  Public Works has also obtained a new truck that has allowed graffiti abatement to increase by 40% and has speeded up its response time from 5.34 days in December 2007 to 1.8 days currently.

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What Can I do About Graffiti?

Here are some options to help keep your neighborhood graffiti free:

  • Request Free Supplies to Remove Graffiti:  Denver citizens may arrange to pick up free supplies to paint their own property, paint over city dumpsters, and remove graffiti from traffic signs.  My office is a repository for free paint.  We have a number of colors, and are more than happy to provide you with paint.  We also have graffiti wipes that work on non-porous surfaces.
  • Report Graffiti When you See It:  Please help the City expedite graffiti requests by reporting exact addresses and locations of graffiti.  The process may be delayed if a location is too vague.  Example:  Address:  1000 Main St.  Location:  On the garage facing the alley. 
  • Authorize the City to provide free assistance, when needed: Property owners must give permission for city workers to remove graffiti for free from their property on the forms available at www.Denvergov.org/graffiti.  For free City assistance in removing graffiti, citizens can call 3-1-1 or the Graffiti Hotline 720-865-STOP (7867) or go online to www.denvergov.org/graffiti.    
  • Volunteer to clean it around your community
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Graffiti Surveillance System

Denver is taking part in a beta test of newly developed graffiti surveillance system.  Law Enforcement Associates (LEA), the largest U.S. developer and manufacturer of undercover surveillance equipment, will provide the Denver Police Department with eight of its Graffiti Cam units free of charge, making Denver the first city nationwide to test LEA’s latest technology in graffiti abatement.  The Graffiti Cam is its newest surveillance solution that covertly and proactively notifies law enforcement of graffiti crimes in progress.  If the department is satisfied with the results at the end of the 30-day beta test, the units will be transferred to the Denver Police Department.

 

When the video recording unit is activated via graffiti-related motion, it sends real-time text alerts of the event to designated mobile phones, as well as JPEG images of the event to designated e-mail addresses, enabling law enforcement to dispatch resources and catch taggers in the act.  Hopefully, the Graffiti Cams will enable law enforcement to catch taggers in the act, rather than trying to track them down after the fact.  
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Useful Graffiti Links
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Give Graffiti "The Brush Off" Campaign

Denver City Council has identified graffiti prevention as one of our top priorities.  One of Denver’s graffiti-prevention strategies is expanded community partnerships.  Over the last few months nearly 50 people have joined “The Brush Off” campaign by pledging to help keep their property and communities graffiti-free. 

 

You can pledge to help Denver Partners Against Graffiti in any or all of the following ways:

  • Sign an authorization form for free graffiti removal on your property and promptly request assistance when needed
  • Remove graffiti from my property, when possible
  • Report graffiti in my neighborhood
  • Adopt a “spot” and keep it graffiti free. 

Call my office at 303-377-1807 to get a pledge form or authorization form for free graffiti removal on your property or visit www.denvergov.org/graffiti. 

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