From Captain Stephen Tacchini’s Mission Station Newsletter:
Over the past few weeks, the SF Chronicle, Chronicle Watch section has included stories about graffiti in the area of 16th and Dolores Streets. The last article indicated the problems have been abated due to painting the affected area with a color which will camouflage any new tagging. I would like to add to the Chronicle story by stating police officers from Mission Station have been actively monitoring and arresting persons in and around the area of Dolores between 19th and 16th Streets for committing the crime of graffiti. In the past couple of weeks nine individuals have been arrested and eight others detained for suspicion of being involved in acts of graffiti. I am inclined to believe that the arrests and detentions have also had an impact on the incidence of graffiti in that area of the Mission District.
The Chronicle Watch piece seems to have disappeared but Google cached it here, and there’s a screenshot after the jump:
Update: SF Gate’s Max Garrone found us a working link. Thanks, Max!
