Dayton About To Tag Taggers!

Dayton is pushing for a graffiti crackdown.

The city of Dayton has gotten tired of individuals tagging the city.

Street-cleaning crews last year removed nearly as many graffiti tags in downtown Dayton as they did in the four previous years combined during what some leaders described as a vandalism spree.

The entire city has seen a big increase in illegal graffiti since the start of the pandemic.

Downtown ambassadors removed about 2,335 graffiti tags in 2022, which was a 330% increase from 2021, according to the Downtown Dayton Partnership.

Ambassador crews removed nearly as many tags last year as they did between 2018 and 2021.

Graffiti is a controversial subject. In most countries, marking or painting property without permission is considered by property owners and civic authorities as defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime, citing the use of graffiti by street gangs to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities. Graffiti has become visualized as a growing urban "problem" for many cities in industrialized nations, spreading from the New York City subway system and Philadelphia in the early 1970s to the rest of the United States and Europe and other world regions.

The modern-day graffitists can be found with an arsenal of various materials that allow for a successful production of a piece. This includes such techniques as scribing. However, spray paint in aerosol cans is the number one medium for graffiti. From this commodity comes different styles, technique, and abilities to form master works of graffiti. Spray paint can be found at hardware and art stores and comes in virtually every color.