Graffiti cleaners coordinate by SMS

The Australain Government will push to have all graffiti on trains removed within 24 hours, to deprive vandals of a "perverse pleasure" in exhibiting their work, reports the Australian.

50 mobile cleaners will be recruited, who will use SMS messaging to coordinate the clean-up of trouble spots.

"If we can remove their tags as quickly as possible they tend to go elsewhere", said transport Minister Michael Costa.

In related stories on graffiti and cell phones, Scottish and UK police photograph graffiti with camera phones, to identify individuals responsible for multiple instances of vandalism, by looking at distinctive signatures and styles. cf Police camera phones hunt graffiti and Police test “snap trap” approach.

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