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The Graffiti Consultants have a great track record in the development and implementation of highly successful graffiti reducing strategies. Graffiti expert, Rick Stanton, was the Anti-Graffiti Manager for 10 years in the 10th largest City in America (San Jose, CA) and during that time he was able to reduce graffiti by 99.88%. Rick has taken what he learned during that time as well as through daily contacts with cities throughout the country and continued to search out "Best Practices" for graffiti and has built a process and system that if followed will drastically reduce graffiti in your city.
As an added benefit, you will save thousands of dollars simply by avoiding the mistake of providing services that seem like a good idea, but simply do not solve your graffiti problem. We fully acknowledge that you currently have dedicated staff who work extremely hard every day to eliminate the graffiti blight that has infected your city. Our service is designed to support these hard working individuals by validating what they are doing well and providing sure fire systems for the areas where they may need support.
As an added benefit, you will save thousands of dollars simply by avoiding the mistake of providing services that seem like a good idea, but simply do not solve your graffiti problem. We fully acknowledge that you currently have dedicated staff who work extremely hard every day to eliminate the graffiti blight that has infected your city. Our service is designed to support these hard working individuals by validating what they are doing well and providing sure fire systems for the areas where they may need support.
Graffiti expert, Rick Stanton and his firm have been working with various cities with amazing results. He can do the same for you city by providing you with tailor made plans that fit not only your city but your budget as well.
Who is Rick Stanton?
Graffiti expert, Rick Stanton is a graduate of San José State University. He began working for the City of San José in 1975. From 1994 to 1997 he was the manager of Project Crackdown, a neighborhood improvement program that concentrated the efforts of the Police Department, Code Enforcement and Community Organizing. This program resulted in crime and blight being drastically reduced in several disadvantaged neighborhoods in San José. In 1997 he was assigned to supervise the Anti-Graffiti Program. The Mayor added anti-litter efforts to his responsibilities in 2002. Stanton managed the Anti-Graffiti and Litter Program until he retired in April 2007. When Stanton started with the Anti-Graffiti Program, graffiti was seemingly everywhere. The program was providing several services that looked good on paper, but were not effective. A lot of money was being wasted because the staff was not being used properly. As a matter of fact, the first city wide graffiti survey in 1999 found 71,541 tags that were visible from the streets of San José. After re-focusing on new priorities, with the help of the Mayor and City Council, an amazing improvement began to take shape. This success culminated with only 129 tags counted during the 2006 survey. This is an amazing reduction in graffiti of 99.88% from 1999.
Stanton has shared the story of San Jose’s success in reducing graffiti as a workshop leader at the following national conferences:
Stanton has shared the story of San Jose’s success in reducing graffiti as a workshop leader at the following national conferences:
- Keep America Beautiful, New Orleans, LA
- Attorney General of New York’s Neighborhood Watch Conference, Albany, NY
- The National Youth Crime Watch Conference, Washington DC
- The National Crime Prevention Conference, Provo, UT
- The National Youth Crime Watch Conference, Washington DC
- The Northern California Graffiti Trade Show and Conference, Santa Rosa, CA
- Together Against Graffiti Symposium (TAGS), Victoria, Canada
- National Graffiti Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
- Together Against Graffiti Symposium (TAGS), Calgary, Canada
- Arizona Anti-Graffiti Conference, Casa Grande, AZ
- Heartland Anti-Graffiti Conference, Omaha, NE
- California Anti-Graffiti Conference, San Jose, CA
- Las Vegas Anti-Graffiti Conference, Las Vegas, NV
- Southern California Anit-Graffiti Conference, Chino, CA
- National Educode Conference, Las Vegas, NV
- Multiple Stop Urban Blight City Greets
- International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) - currently includes 35 states
- California - (POST) Police Officer Standards and Training
- International Code Council (ICC)
- American Association of Code Enforcement (AACE)
- Texas - Code Enforcement Officer Training