A decision last week to buy and install surveillance cameras at key Lake Elsinore locations has marked a new stage in the city’s graffiti-fighting efforts.
“It’s a big piece,” said Mark Dennis, the city’s communications manager. “I think it’s a unique approach that Lake Elsinore has taken.”
To date, a city graffiti task force has spent about a year studying the problem and evaluating various responses.
Since a newcomer’s reaction to a community is often based on first impressions, the task force gave the city’s graffiti problem a high priority, Dennis said.
During their study work, task force members frequently ran across media reports and government accounts that favored the use of surveillance systems.
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