Thursday, May 26, 1978-MIRROR-HERALD-Page 5A
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By MIKE BANDERS
Crime Prevention
Officer
Vandalism - What Is It?
It Is deliberately and
polntlessly damaging
property. It hsM been re
ferred to as "ripping off",
"ystrd farming" suid many
other "off the wall"
phrases.
Whatever you refer to
vandalism tie — It’s not a
harmless prsmk. It Is very
much a crime.
It causes suffering and
even death (Vandalism Is a
waste of both time tmd
money. Whenever vanda
lism occurs, you pay In two
ways.
(1) In the direct way. It
hits your very own money
pocket wdien you are the
victim.
(2) In an Indirect way,
higher taxes are created to
repair or replace public
ivoperty that a vandal
damaged or destroyed.
Then there Is the higher in
surance costs, and It’s all
because of someone
wanting to get a "kick” out
of being destructive.
Vandalisms are on the
rise. Millions of Incidents
are reported yearly, how
ever, for the one reported
there are two that go
unreported. When you are
hit or you see a vandal
attacking public property,
report It. If these vandals
see that they cannot get by
with their pranks, then
maybe some of this will
cease.
Who Vandalizes?
Moat of the time young
sters are your vandals.
Youngsters from all walks
of life — girls and boys, the
rich and poor, good stu
dents and bad students as
well as the dropouts and all
races not Just the whites
and not Just the blacks, but
everyone.
’The young child (ages 6
or 7) may be destructive at
school and in parks. Chil
dren this young are often
being deliberately destruc
tive and are at a more
difficult age to decide how
to handle the problem.
Teenagers often have
problems with growing up
and take their "pains" out
on vehicles or spray
painting walla, etc. of
public places with ob
scene words.
Older youth are usually
the ones responsible for the
more serious accounts.
’Ihey tend to damage
vehicles or machinery.
’Ihey may also be involved
In such crimes as theft,
arson and burglary.
Usually when the
"gang” Is out together
action happens. Many
times destruction Is done
on a dare or as a part of
initiation Into the groups. A
group or "gang" often
feels "safer" or “braver”
If all together. Much of the
lime. If It were only one
person, vandalism would
not occur as frequently.
In the next article, we
will deal with the question
"Why do people van
dalize?"
Please remember — If
you plan to be away from
your home for a period of
24 hours or more, please
contact the Kings Moun
tain Police Department
Crime Prevention Office at
739-3036 or 739-7444 fora
Home Security Check.
For more information on
Crime Prevention, contact
the Kings Mountain Police
Department Crime
Prevention Office at the
above numbers.
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