Audit Services

THE EXPERT GRAFFITI & ASB FIELD AUDIT SERVICES 
 
 

The field audit is the single most important aspect of any city anti graffiti / vandalism campaign. Many cities design their strategies on loose information and assumptions. Many make the mistake of following other cities leads and winning components in the hope that these would work instantly for them also. 
 

The street by street audit for a whole precinct or city can bring to a city the most comprehensive amount of data ever possible. Taking only several weeks the city can be completely and totally armed with every conceivable piece of data and information necessary to make informed decisions, provide its law enforcement with valuable data and to allow for serious restitution.

The city with this exact information can determine removal policy, micro level components such as commercial precinct projects, education campaigns and make specific decisions that are relevant and informed to match their city and not another’s. 
 

Our audits will provide the following…. 
 

  • Provides field audit works focused on graffiti, drug & alcohol use, vandalism, anti social behavior and other city and law enforcement relevant scope. Identifies all hot spots & others.
  • Regional, political or geographical boundary split of information for law enforcement / city use.
  • Delivers for law enforcement exact tally of damage for all offenders with images and analysis.
  • Makes associations between offenders for compound arrests on ALL offenders when one is detained.
  • Associate all offenders and their crews.
  • Make links between neighboring cities when several are on same database. (To locate cross boundary)
  • Understand the age of damage to establish whether the issues are historical build up or new events.
  • Understand the split between all agencies. City, private, commercial, rail, post, power, mail etc.
  • Appreciate affected property types to assist pro active decisions such as vouchers, removal kits etc.
  • Allow a city to understand offender age groups to test effectiveness of a school based education program.
  • Make correlations between other issues, graffiti, vandalism, arson, minor burglaries, vacant properties.
  • Understand if contractors are performing as contracted and more importantly invoicing for actual works.
  • Safety, removal and lighting considerations for city.
  • Extended ability to search on dozens of variables, conditions and filters within the data returned.

 

Database handed to client for ongoing use 
 

Once the audit is completed we enter all city data into the database and analyse all events. By doing this the end results allow the city and its law enforcement a clear picture of all criminal damage for instant searches on apprehension and to appreciate who their top 20 offenders are and their focused and favored areas of damage. 
 

As you will read, once the data is loaded and used and entered into on a regular basis, it allows both the city and police instant opportunity to once a offender is detained, to search and understand his or her damage, who their direct associates are and if they belong to a extended crew, wanted for extended serial damage. 
 

Micro audit – This service is for those cities who only want their main hotspots identified for the purpose of

Harvesting basic short form information for the purpose of TRIPWIRE rapid deployments. It is a basic fast service to gather the core basic information. 
 
 

Complete audit – The whole of city audit takes in every event regardless of ownership. It completes the database and fully establishes all relevant data on graffiti, sanitation, dumping, safety, lighting and other relevant issues.

This audit allows a city and its Law enforcement to have an exact and comprehensive understanding of all their offenders, the costs of damage, stakeholder splits and every conceivable piece of information a city could need to make informed decisions. 
 

Extended audit – Taking in micro level information such as School surveys, safety perception surveys. 
 
The most important aspect of any graffiti campaign is expert, INDEPENDENT harvesting of data. A city once completed will have the most powerful, intelligent database for its regional Police along with the most informed ability to allocate funds, monitor contractor performance and share information with local cities to ensure cross boundary offenders are fully accountable when apprehended. 
 

We stress the need for independence due to the fact that some contractors if engaged to conduct the audit for their city clients, have been known to totally exaggerate the figures and information to suit themselves. 
 

Our audits cost from as little as $5,000 for a complete city including data entry and analysis for a smaller city. 
 

Contact us today to discuss your needs and requirements.
We operate audits in all states in Australia and selected states in the USA.