{"id":94978,"date":"2025-05-14T13:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/?p=94978"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:52:52","slug":"adoption-of-a-municipal-intervention-and-prevention-plan-to-counter-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/adoption-of-a-municipal-intervention-and-prevention-plan-to-counter-vandalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoption of a municipal intervention and prevention plan to counter vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

– PRESS RELEASE <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This plan<\/a> was drawn up by the Recreation, Community Life and Culture Department as part of the actions targeted by the Family and Seniors Policy<\/a> (action 2.1.1). It was presented at the very same time that a new act of vandalism occurred in Goyette-Hill Park, proving that concerted measures must be put in place to reduce mischief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many other towns, Sutton suffers from acts of vandalism of varying degrees of seriousness, each time incurring costs for repair or clean-up. One of the most recent, in April, involved not graffiti, but the burning of a construction cone on the new basketball court, damaging its composite surface and necessitating the replacement of seven tiles. This winter, the bike path’s brand-new bollards were tagged, forcing several clean-ups. And just recently, new graffiti took place in the toilets in the park chalet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While intervening as soon as any act of vandalism is committed, the municipal administration also wishes to focus on prevention to reduce the scope and number of misdeeds. The Intervention and prevention plan to counter vandalism in municipal public spaces<\/strong> will enable concerted action to be taken with various partners in the community. Its aim is to propose concrete measures to deal with the recurring problem of vandalism, particularly illegal graffiti. The Town wishes to gradually include legal graffiti as a positive means of expression:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our vision: <\/em><\/strong>
A safe, harmonious living environment in which graffiti, as an urban art form, <\/em><\/strong>
is promoted in a way that respects public and private property<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intervention measures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Under the Plan, the Town of Sutton will apply or reinforce certain intervention measures to clean up or repair damage to public property (e.g., parks, buildings, sports equipment, street furniture) as quickly as possible. Cleaning up graffiti quickly prevents its proliferation and eliminates the attention desired by the graffiti artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intervention measures to be implemented from this summer include<\/strong> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n