❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding graffiti offences in 2007, including damage costs, offender statistics, government initiatives, hotline usage, and potential clean-up orders.
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(2) What was the total value of the damage resulting from this graffiti?
(3) How many persons were charged with graffiti offences for the year 2007?
(4) Of the figure reported in (3):
(a) how many were adult offenders;
(b) how many adult offenders were sentenced to imprisonment;
(c) how many were juvenile offenders; and
(d) how many juvenile offenders were sentenced to detention?
(5) How many orders from the Children’s Court were made against juvenile offenders ordering them to clean graffiti off as part of their punishment?
(6) What initiatives has the Government implemented to reduce graffiti offences and how successful have those initiatives been?
(7) How many people have reported instances of graffiti to the Goodbye Graffiti hotline number 1800 44 22 55 and to the
goodbyegraffiti.wa.gov.au
website since the program was implemented?
(8) Have any graffiti offenders been caught following information provided by members of the public to the Goodbye Graffiti program since it was implemented; and
(a) if so, how many?
(9) When members of the public call the Goodbye Graffiti hotline to report instances of graffiti, why can it take more than 15 minutes for their details to be recorded by the phone staff?
(10) As this extensive period of time on the graffiti hotline may deter members of the public from reporting additional instances of graffiti, what measures have been implemented to expedite the calls?
(11) Will the Government consider making the offenders responsible for cleaning their own graffiti in public areas; and
(a) if not, why not?
(3) How many persons were charged with graffiti offences for the year 2007?
(4) Of the figure reported in (3):
(a) how many were adult offenders;
(b) how many adult offenders were sentenced to imprisonment;
(c) how many were juvenile offenders; and
(d) how many juvenile offenders were sentenced to detention?
(5) How many orders from the Children’s Court were made against juvenile offenders ordering them to clean graffiti off as part of their punishment?
(6) What initiatives has the Government implemented to reduce graffiti offences and how successful have those initiatives been?
(7) How many people have reported instances of graffiti to the Goodbye Graffiti hotline number 1800 44 22 55 and to the
goodbyegraffiti.wa.gov.au
website since the program was implemented?
(8) Have any graffiti offenders been caught following information provided by members of the public to the Goodbye Graffiti program since it was implemented; and
(a) if so, how many?
(9) When members of the public call the Goodbye Graffiti hotline to report instances of graffiti, why can it take more than 15 minutes for their details to be recorded by the phone staff?
(10) As this extensive period of time on the graffiti hotline may deter members of the public from reporting additional instances of graffiti, what measures have been implemented to expedite the calls?
(11) Will the Government consider making the offenders responsible for cleaning their own graffiti in public areas; and
(a) if not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
1 May 2008
Responded by
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
Response time
30 days
1. There were 15,590 offence reports to police for graffiti for the year 2007.
2. While data on the value of damage to property from graffiti is required for the purposes of submitting a police incident report the value is not cumulated from those reports and is not representative due to estimates often being inaccurate or not provided.
3. There were 948 persons charged with graffiti offences for the year 2007
4. Of the 948 graffiti offenders charged for the year 2007:
(a) 162 were adults (18 years or older)
(b) Unable to be provided. Graffiti offences are charged under the broad offence of damage and therefore sentencing statistics from the Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Corrective Services are an amalgam of outcomes for graffiti offences and all other damage offences.
(c) 786 were juveniles (under 18 years)
(d) Unable to be provided. (see 4 (b))
5. Unable to be answered as no information is recorded or held regarding these matters by WA Police.
6. The State Graffiti Vandalism Reduction Strategy 2007 - 2010 was launched on the 5 August 2007 to:
· Establish a State Graffiti Hotline;
· Improve the automated reporting system located on the Goodbye Graffiti website;
· Run a Community Awareness Campaign;
· Run a 'Bag-a-Tagger' phone-in campaign;
· Develop a Rewards Program;
· Investigate the feasibility of a totally automated reporting and recording system for graffiti;
· Develop a template for Service Level Agreements;
· Facilitate the introduction of legislative changes allowing local government officers entry onto private property to remove graffiti;
· Develop a Community Action Day;
· Re-establish an industry-managed, certified training course for graffiti removal;
· Develop guidelines that incorporate anti graffiti design principles;
· Establish a school based education program;
· Increase grant funding for innovative anti graffiti projects;
· Purchase CCTV camera units to be used by local governments for hot spot surveillance; and
· Increase sanctions for juvenile offenders to include clean-up orders, victim mediation and a case-managed behaviour modification program.
A number of the initiatives have been implemented with the remainder in various stages of roll out. A comprehensive evaluation will be undertaken in July 2009 at which time initiatives will be measured as to their level of success.
7. Data available on State Graffiti Hotline since 24 September 2007 to the week ending 30 March 2008 is 2239 (weekly average 83) calls. Data available on Goodbye Graffiti website since 11 February 2008 to the week ending 13 April 2008 is 909 (weekly average 101) reports.
8. Yes. (a) Crime Stoppers are currently handling the majority of graffiti offender information and do not have a recording system in place that is able to provide an exact figure.
9. Unless the specific details of the call on which this question is based are provided an accurate response cannot be provided. Generally a call to the Police Assistance Centre reporting an incident will take on average 8.5 minutes. In the first quarter of 2008 the duration of a call to the State Graffiti was on average 5.48 minutes. Durations will vary based on such matters as the nature of the call made, the level of detail required to process the report, expertise of the operator and the ability of the caller to furnish accurate information.
10. Information obtained from the Police Assistance Centre has not been able to substantiate that a call exceeding 15 minutes was ever received on the State Graffiti Hotline. Operators at the Police Assistance Centre are trained to manage calls in the most expedient way possible.
11. Yes. The Repay WA provides for the supervision and transportation of adult graffiti offenders on community work orders around the metropolitan area to remove graffiti from state government assets. Under the State Graffiti Vandalism Reduction Strategy the government is also investigating the mechanisms for introducing clean-up orders for juvenile graffiti offenders.
11. (a) Not applicable
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2. While data on the value of damage to property from graffiti is required for the purposes of submitting a police incident report the value is not cumulated from those reports and is not representative due to estimates often being inaccurate or not provided.
3. There were 948 persons charged with graffiti offences for the year 2007
4. Of the 948 graffiti offenders charged for the year 2007:
(a) 162 were adults (18 years or older)
(b) Unable to be provided. Graffiti offences are charged under the broad offence of damage and therefore sentencing statistics from the Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Corrective Services are an amalgam of outcomes for graffiti offences and all other damage offences.
(c) 786 were juveniles (under 18 years)
(d) Unable to be provided. (see 4 (b))
5. Unable to be answered as no information is recorded or held regarding these matters by WA Police.
6. The State Graffiti Vandalism Reduction Strategy 2007 - 2010 was launched on the 5 August 2007 to:
· Establish a State Graffiti Hotline;
· Improve the automated reporting system located on the Goodbye Graffiti website;
· Run a Community Awareness Campaign;
· Run a 'Bag-a-Tagger' phone-in campaign;
· Develop a Rewards Program;
· Investigate the feasibility of a totally automated reporting and recording system for graffiti;
· Develop a template for Service Level Agreements;
· Facilitate the introduction of legislative changes allowing local government officers entry onto private property to remove graffiti;
· Develop a Community Action Day;
· Re-establish an industry-managed, certified training course for graffiti removal;
· Develop guidelines that incorporate anti graffiti design principles;
· Establish a school based education program;
· Increase grant funding for innovative anti graffiti projects;
· Purchase CCTV camera units to be used by local governments for hot spot surveillance; and
· Increase sanctions for juvenile offenders to include clean-up orders, victim mediation and a case-managed behaviour modification program.
A number of the initiatives have been implemented with the remainder in various stages of roll out. A comprehensive evaluation will be undertaken in July 2009 at which time initiatives will be measured as to their level of success.
7. Data available on State Graffiti Hotline since 24 September 2007 to the week ending 30 March 2008 is 2239 (weekly average 83) calls. Data available on Goodbye Graffiti website since 11 February 2008 to the week ending 13 April 2008 is 909 (weekly average 101) reports.
8. Yes. (a) Crime Stoppers are currently handling the majority of graffiti offender information and do not have a recording system in place that is able to provide an exact figure.
9. Unless the specific details of the call on which this question is based are provided an accurate response cannot be provided. Generally a call to the Police Assistance Centre reporting an incident will take on average 8.5 minutes. In the first quarter of 2008 the duration of a call to the State Graffiti was on average 5.48 minutes. Durations will vary based on such matters as the nature of the call made, the level of detail required to process the report, expertise of the operator and the ability of the caller to furnish accurate information.
10. Information obtained from the Police Assistance Centre has not been able to substantiate that a call exceeding 15 minutes was ever received on the State Graffiti Hotline. Operators at the Police Assistance Centre are trained to manage calls in the most expedient way possible.
11. Yes. The Repay WA provides for the supervision and transportation of adult graffiti offenders on community work orders around the metropolitan area to remove graffiti from state government assets. Under the State Graffiti Vandalism Reduction Strategy the government is also investigating the mechanisms for introducing clean-up orders for juvenile graffiti offenders.
11. (a) Not applicable
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