Police camera phones hunt graffiti

In effort to tackle Britain's epidemic of vandalism, police are to photograph thousands of pupils' jotter-book etchings with camera phones to fight against an upsurge in graffiti spraying, reports The Guardian via Smart Mobs.

"Images of etchings are captured on camera phones, emailed to police headquarters and stored in a database of graffiti tags, the trademark sign of the urban street 'artist'. Detectives can then compare them with images of spray paint vandalism in towns and cities. "

See previous article Police test “snap trap” approach.

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