RESIDENTS are being urged to name and shame vandals who are blighting the town with their graffiti “tags”.
Several of the spray paint marks have started to spring up in various areas of Spalding, prompting an appeal for anyone who knows the culprits to call the police so they can be given a “verbal slap”.
South Holland district councillor Roger Gambba-Jones has made the call after publishing photographs of some of the tags he has come across on social networking site Twitter.
He said: “This is not a problem I expect to be solved quickly but I would like to try to get on top of it before it gets out of hand and nip it in the bud.
“Publishing pictures of the tags and asking people to identify who they belong to is an approach used by some police forces in other parts of the country, so when I started noticing a few of them on Steppingstone Bridge I thought it would be worth giving it a try.
“I just hope it strikes a chord with people.”
Coun Gambba-Jones is hoping people will call Spalding Police and appropriate action will be taken to educate the graffiti artists about the error of their ways and dissaude them from getting involved in more serious criminal activity.
Coun Gambba-Jones efforts have been welcomed by Spalding Police.
Sgt Stuart Hurst said: “I am grateful to him for trying to help us identify who these people are who are responsible for making the streets of Spalding look a mess.
“We are fortunate compared to some districts, however there is a periodic problem with graffiti.
“The sanctions for those caught committing offences range from restorative justice – making them clean up their mess – to a court conviction and a possible prison sentence,
“We would urge anyone who has any information about graffiti and those who commit to report it at the police station, contact their local policing team, or give us a call on 101.”