BE  PREVENTATIVE

• Clean and maintain your property
  
  
  • Rid your property of litter
  • Encourage your neighbours to do the same
  • A littered environment invites graffiti
    
    
• Landscape your property
  
  
  • Plant shrubs, ivy or vines in front of blank walls.
  • This is attractive and discourages vandalism
    
    
• Install lighting on your property
  
  
  • Install lighting that has a motion detector, high enough that it is out of reach
  • Graffiti vandals prefer the darkness
    

BE  PREPARED

• Have graffiti remover on hand
  
  
  • Add a can of spray remover to your supplies
  • Having it on hand ensures prompt removal
    
    
• Know the colour of your walls
  
  
  • Keep a record of the paint colour of exterior walls
  • This will allow you to purchase more paint to cover graffiti

BE PROMPT

• Report the graffiti on your property
  
  
  • Call the police so that it may be photographed/catalogued
  • This ensures a history goes with the offender to court
    
    
• Remove the graffiti on your property
  
  
  • This is the most effective way of preventing more acts of graffiti vandalism.

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