“The cost of cleaning up graffiti that some of these people generate could be $100,000,” Boyle tells WW. ... Boyle says cops told him Schmidt won’t throw the book at graffiti offenders.

She could occasionally be found picking up litter herself as she walked through neighborhoods, and has been known to take a scolding tone when she talks of residents throwing trash onto the ground.

When the Dayton Police Department talks about cleaning up graffiti, they aren’t talking about removing murals and street art. In fact, they want to see more of this type of beautification in ...

A 102-year-old California man bound to a wheelchair was ordered by city officials to clean up spray-painted graffiti on his fence or face thousands of dollars in fines. FOX 2 in San Francisco ...

Graffiti has been showing up a lot faster in the past few years than it once did, he said. "Some people were saying, you know, northbound on 405 around Portland State, ...

According to the city's graffiti dashboard, 12,231 cases of graffiti have been reported so far in 2025. That compares to 6,727 cases during the corresponding time in 2023 and 7,622 cases during ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Editor's note: The above video on a proposed graffiti drone pilot program originally aired on March 21, 2024. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is ...