
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Graffiti is one of the oldest, most ubiquitous forms of urban blight, but until William Bratton came to town seven years ago with an emphasis on stopping small quality-of-life crimes, it was not high on the Los Angeles Police Department’s priority list.
Still, tagging has proliferated in parts of Downtown. Now, that could change. In June, Central Area Capt. Blake Chow green-lit a task force that has two full-time officers working solely on identifying and building cases against prolific Downtown graffiti vandals.

















