Special "Graffiti-mobiles" Help Catch Taggers - even citizens groups can monitor cameras [View All]

Special "Graffiti-mobiles" Help Catch Taggers

The vehicles will look like any other car or truck or van, but inside, a special camera can track the movements of taggers or those who are dumping illegally. The City's Code Enforcement Division is building the new systems.

"If things are caught in the act, which hopefully will happen, and then (we) also have the video backup. It's pretty much a slam-dunk case," said code enforcement officer Noel Eusebio.

The cameras can be monitored and run remotely using a laptop computer, and even citizens groups with the Web address and right code could log on to help monitor areas at high risk of tagging or illegal dumping.

"It's kind of stealth-like, and it'd be nice to kind of turn the tide on the people actually doing the work," said midtown Sacramento architect John Packowski, whose offices have been hit several times.

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