Thank You ABC4.com for continuing to do stories on the importance of gang and non gang graffiti. It has cost Salt Lake County around a million dollars last year. It is a huge expense to individual cities. To Retired Detective Frank Zeibert and Sandy Sergent Justin Chapman, I applaud your ongoing efforts,and past efforts in dealing with the gang problem and graffiti vandalism issues. I encourage you to continue your work, and applaud you for your efforts with your busy schedules. tmkjusticestudies as seen on policelink.com Utah Independent Gang and Graffiti researcher since 2005 http://www.utahandamericasgangcrisis.blogspot.com “The sooner you get this stuff covered up, the less likely it is the taggers will return. They’ll give up and go away,” he says. That may be the motive behind a new Salt Lake County ordinance that, to the frustration and outrage of many pro0perty owners, requires crime victims to be responsible for cleaning up the mess and even fines those who don’t. Under the new policy, Salt Lake County property owners will get two warnings within the first two weeks of someone spreading graffiti on their buildings or property. Those who don’t get it cleaned up will be slapped with a $250 citation. Police around the Salt Lake Valley say while they feel for the crime victims, they hope the new policy will motivate people to take action against the graffiti vandals. “The more information that’s given to us as law enforcement department, says Sandy Sergeant Justin Chapman, we can share that throughout the city, the valley, and the state to help us identify these individuals and hopefully make arrests that way.”