…Okay, maybe it’s just gang graffiti. This is a post I feel compelled to write - which I don’t like to do - just due to the number of e-mails I’ve received today and the unusually high number of visitors the website has received. This all being said, I really don’t have a whole lot to allow. Hopefully a few visitors will make replies.

I took digital photos of all of our new artwork and sent a few to Major Keybo Taylor, our GCPD precinct commander. His response was, “I will pass this on to Sgt. Cavender with the Gang Unit. We will contact someone to clean the streets up. Thank you for taking the time to bring this to our attention.” I had asked some very specific questions that went unanswered.

I then went to the Gwinnett County website and poked around but found very little specific to gang activity. I also Googled for awhile and came up with the following (albeit not a lot):

• From 11Alive:
Updated 3/7/2008 8:44:01 AM

Written by: Julie Wolfe

Gwinnett County’s new gang task force hits the streets this weekend. Twenty-five to thirty-five officers will be part of the county’s new enforcement strategy. The extra officers will be absorbed from the current gang task force and community response teams.

Corporal Illana Spellman says the move is not in response to a growing gang problem in Gwinnett County: ‘There was no specific incident, and no statistics to support gang activity on the increase,’ she said. ‘This is a new approach to an old problem.’

That new approach will include stepped up police presence in problem areas. The task force will also conduct investigations, gather evidence, and make arrests. It’s the county’s most comprehensive crackdown on gang activity in years.

Residents that spot signs of gang activity, like graffiti, are asked to call Gwinnett County police.

• Gwinnett County Police Crime Suppression Unit

The Crime Suppression Unit is primarily responsible for providing support to the different precincts in their effort to combat criminal activity. When patterns of criminal activity are identified, these officers respond in force in a concentrated effort to identify and apprehend offenders. These officers are also responsible for the Department’s efforts to combat gang related criminal activity.

Crime Suppression: Lieutenant Danny Holmes 770.623.2610 ext 2622
Crime Suppression Sergeant(s): 770.623.2610

• Graffiti Removal Ordinance - PDF file download - 32k

That’s about all I have on short notice. Should I come across more I’ll post follow-ups. I would very much appreciate input from you neighbors and visitors…

3 Responses To “Our Recent Exposure To Arts & Culture…”

  1. CorinthHills.org Says:
    July 31st, 2008 at 1:02 PM

    Reporting graffiti on county roads (also for trees or vehicles blocking a road, illegal right of way use, trash or maintenance):
    • Gwinnett County Transportation, 770.822.7400
    We have a contact name of Wanda (thanks Ellen)

    Reporting graffiti on other county surfaces:
    Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful
    • Online reporting form
    • 770.822.5187
    • gwinnettcb@gwinnettcb.org
    Anonymous submissions are allowed.

  2. CorinthHills.org Says:
    August 4th, 2008 at 5:24 PM

    The DOT came by today and covered over our artwork.

    I noticed one spot of graffiti on the Pounds Rd. sidewalk (near Corinth Cir.) which did not get cleaned up.

    If you spot or hear of other areas that were marked up please submit details so that we can track.

  3. j.q.public Says:
    August 24th, 2008 at 1:57 PM

    F.Y.I. — The county came out and used black spray to cover the graffiti on the sidewalk in the 1700 block of Pounds Road at the intersection of Corinth Circle. A few days later a new batch of graffiti appeared in the same spot but this time white spray paint was used on the black cover. I used the online form on the Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful website to report it and the new graffiti spot was recovered by the county in white which actually looks better on the sidewalk.

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