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Denver Officials Announce
Deployment of New Graffiti Surveillance System
Market
Wire
Thursday November 15, 2007
Mayor John Hickenlooper, Graffiti Task Force Co-Chair Councilwoman
Judy Montero (District 9) and Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman
announced that the City and County of Denver will participate
in a beta test of a newly developed graffiti surveillance system
in an effort to mitigate the city's graffiti problem. 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.
LEA will also provide free training to the Denver Police Department
on product set up and installation, as well as free ongoing maintenance
and 24-hour tech support. 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.
"Denver's City government alone spends close to $1 million
each year on graffiti remediation, and it's among the top concerns
of our citizens," said Mayor Hickenlooper. "Our partnership
with LEA is helping us leverage the latest technology to step
up our anti-graffiti efforts. We hope to lead the way and share
our success with other cities looking to address this costly public
nuisance."
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LEA's Audio Intelligence Devices (AID) division has served more
than 18,000 law enforcement customers in its nearly 40-year history.
The Graffiti Cam is its newest surveillance solution that covertly
and proactively notifies law enforcement of graffiti crimes in
progress. 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. Video footage of the event can also
be used as evidence against offenders.
"A major step in eliminating the graffiti problem is catching
taggers 'red handed' rather than trying to track them down after
the fact. The Graffiti Cam enables law enforcement to do so,"
said Paul Feldman, LEA's president and chief executive officer.
"We're confident the City and County of Denver will experience
significant cost savings within 30-45 days through graffiti-related
arrests and restitutions."
The beta test supports the Graffiti Task Force's goal of drastically
reducing graffiti in Denver in the next three years through prevention,
abatement and enforcement. The task force, created by Mayor Hickenlooper
following the City's 2006 Graffiti Summit, made recommendations
to the Mayor and City Council to comprehensively address graffiti
vandalism.
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