Guardian Graffiti Solutions
Graffiti is everywhere. No community, town or neighborhood is exempt from the impact of graffiti. Most often, the bigger the city the bigger the graffiti problem. Unfortunately, the common response to graffiti in most cities is to simply remove the graffiti. However vital this step may be, it does not address the problem of graffiti returning. Commonly, great effort, resources and expense goes into removal of graffiti with little focus prevention.
As cities strive to build safe, livable and inclusive neighborhoods, the topic of graffiti frequently comes up with frustration in lack of solutions and options available. Although challenging, through extensive academic research on the topic of graffiti, 2 things became obvious: 1) Graffiti has a much deeper impact on society than most people realize (see impact of graffiti). 2) Graffiti is preventable.
This was the start of Guardian Graffiti Solutions.
Why Prevention?
Did you know that the US spend between $13-15 billion every year on graffiti? The cost of graffiti is enormous, with cities spending millions of dollars every year in removing graffiti. However enormous this seems, his figure does not take into consideration the social impact of graffiti.
The presence of graffiti impacts perceptions of safety, levels of engagement, property values, livability of neighborhoods and a host of other elements known as social capital. For this reason, Guardian Graffiti is focused on prevention of graffiti. Subsequently, we have developed a host of strategies that that have achieved great success in preventing graffiti and improving community safety while saving communities resources, time, and financial burden.
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Academic Background
Guardian Graffiti are experts in graffiti from an academic and industry perspective. Coupled with years of experience in street graffiti, we have conducted academic research to determine:
A) why people do graffiti
B) social conditions that promote the act of graffiti
C) physical dynamics of cities and communities that invite graffiti
D) How to adjust social and environmental dynamics to deter and prevent graffiti.
Through this research, we have determined that In contrast to much of the existing available information, graffiti is preventable. In fact, through development and implementation of graffiti management strategies graffiti can be eliminated from most communities in a relatively short period of time.
Services
We offer services in:
A) Graffiti Removal
B) Consultation in Graffiti Prevention
C) Implementing Graffiti Removal Strategies to Promote Prevention
D) Graffiti Pattern Recognition for Community Deterrence Strategies
E) Style Comparison for Vandal Identification, Investigation and Prosecution
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Products
A) Online Graffiti Tracking Systems
B) Onsite Graffiti Prevention Devices
Technology
We have developed niche technology and processes that take graffiti prevention to the next level.
We use technology in our specialized:
-Removal strategies
-Graffiti tracking apps
-Vandal profiling system
-On-site prevention devices
-Graffiti style comparison
-Data collection and stats generation
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Philosophy
Understanding the impact of graffiti on communities, we realize that prevention is an investment that provides long term rewards. The study of graffiti has revealed that, although more difficult to