Rat Catcher Program

The Rat Catcher program is a design of combined intelligent components to make short work of a cities graffiti problems.

Using our years of experience in field auditing, Database design, apprehension technology, and stakeholder relationship building, we determined to create an all in one program to address the following issues quickly, effectively and with results.

Potentially netting offenders worth tens of thousands of dollars in annual damage

The service package includes…

  • COMPLETE INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF ALL CITY GRAFFITI INCIDENTS
  • ANALYSIS, PROFILING AND UPLOADING TO THE GRIP DATABASE
  • REPORTING AND DELIVERY OF FINDINGS
  • ONGOING DAILY USE OF THE GRIP DATABASE
  • DEPLOYMENT OF 10-15 TRIPWIRE APPREHENSION CAMERAS IN ALL HOT SPOTS
  • MONITORING AND REPORTING LIVE INCIDENTS TO POLICE
     

This all in one service allows expert auditing, reporting and thorough analysis of all your graffiti and establishes your hot zones. The audit identifies the best scenario for apprehensions and we deploy for 4 weeks on mass, our rapid apprehension equipment and work with local police to aid in all apprehensions live on site.
No equipment purchases, no connection charges. Our equipment, our expertise and our background knowledge in where, what and how in graffiti abatement.
This program will provide your city and its Police with….

  • An independent assessment of all graffiti damage, cost, ownership, age, suburb splits, and other initial snap shot understanding of your existing graffiti climate
  • Will deliver you a solid set of reports, findings, recommendations from experienced staff who are not aligned or interested in removal bids
  • Will give you a solid set of offender profiles, associations and crew dissections for your Police with a view of other stages in this program
  • Will allow you a 12 month no fee subscription to GRIP for ongoing use for all new graffiti events in this mapping, GPS server based database used by dozens of other cities. Access is to contractor*, your Police, and city staff with secure password access only
  • Solid understanding of your worst offenders, their damage and most likely sites for reoffending
  • 4 weeks deployment of Tripwire apprehension cameras on your worst sites which will feed live images and alert information direct to local police or GRIP.

     

THE RAT CATCHER PROGRAM IN OPERATION
EDUCATED, INFORMED, EFFECTIVE !

 

GRIP CONDUCTS INDEPENDENT STREET TO STREET AUDIT OF YOUR CITY. DETAILS OF INCIDENTS, ASSESSMENTS, POTENTIAL APPREHENSION LOCATIONS DISCOVERED
   
GRIP STAFF INPUT ALL FIELD DATA AND CONDUCT ANALYSIS, PROFILING AND ASSOCIATION BUILDING. CITY REPORTING CONDUCTED ON AUDIT RESULTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, FINDINGS. ALL INCIDENTS NOW LIVE IN GRIP DATABASE
 
   
CITY STAFF OR CONTRACTORS CLEAN AND PREPARE HOT SPOTS, READY FOR RAPID APPREHENSION UNIT DEPLOYMENTS
   
GRIP STAFF TRAIN AND ADVISE LOCAL POLICE ON TRIPWIRE UNIT OPERATION AND DISCUSS TASKED OPERATION WITH CITY, POLICE RE: DEPLOYMENT AND ATTENDANCE DURING OPERATION
   

GRIP STAFF DEPLOY TRIPWIRE UNITS ON 10+ HOT SPOT LOCATIONS DISCUSSED WITH CITY STAFF & LOCAL POLICE DEEMED TO BE MOST LIKELY FOR SUCCESS FROM AUDIT RESULTS
 
   
TRIPWIRE CAMERAS IN PLACE FOR 4 WEEK PERIOD ACROSS ALL TROUBLE SPOTS PROVIDING LIVE IMAGE FEED ON ALL OFFENDERS IN YOUR CITY.
POLICE MONITOR OR GRIP MONITOR & ADVISE 24/7


Outcomes

Over this short period your city will have a full and operational database which can be shared with other city data and regional police for all cross boundary offenders.
We would suggest you will have apprehended on site your worst serial offenders providing protocols are established and your Police are ready to respond.
Ongoing use of the GRIP database for intelligent sharing of offender information for your regional cities and not just yours to have a serious ongoing abatement tool.
Potentially reducing your annual graffiti damage spend by 50% as has been the case with Cardinia Shire and others using the database / Tripwire combination.


COSTS
A detailed field audit typically costs from $5,000 - $6,000 for two staff to completely cover all areas and fully upload and analyze all your data to the GRIP database.
For the purpose of making this the most successful campaign we are offering the following additional services for a city who really wants to make inroads with their Complete city audit 2-3 weeks work period including analysis & uploads.
Presentation and reporting of all findings and dissection reports including offender profiles for local Police.
Ongoing daily use of the GRIP database for your contractors & Police
(12 months)
Deployment and all connection charges for up to 10 sites for a 4 week period of the Tripwire rapid apprehension cameras.  10 – 15 cameras and infrared units deployed.
Monitoring devices for your local Police – (Connected receiving Blackberry handset)
Cost - $11,000 + gst for the above works package.

 

(Note additional fee is required for non local, interstate or abroad work. Pricing is on application, to cover additional out of pocket expenses)

  • Contractors have regional use of the GRIP database for use for your city for the `12 month period under conditional and limited use within your city and no other. Certain terms and conditions would need to be met to ensure copyright and misuse of the GRIP database is not suffered
  • We ask that audit processes, use of the cameras and apprehensions are not mentioned to local media or if requested that certain editing be considered to ensure longevity in the use of the apprehension equipment and their locations to ensure a solid, successful but quiet campaign.
  • Expert audit and GRIP database use is available without the apprehension aspect of this package on application.
  • Bookings for this service are essential. Audits can be booked 2 months in advance at some points through the year so to allow for staff and time for this integrated package, 3-4 weeks notice is required. During this notice period audit work commences and discussions regarding Police interaction and Tripwire deployment is discussed

     

 

10 Hot sites known for ongoing week to week vandalism worth thousands every month now all possibly monitored for a 4 week sting operation post audit

Once set, it’s a matter of the Police simply collecting offenders.