Community and Police Work Together to Clean Up Graffiti

Two officers from the Dalton Police Department expected to work up a sweat when they were assigned to paint over some graffiti in the neighborhood around James Street and Frazier Drive on Wednesday.

They didn't know that they were going to get a lot of help.

After officers Tommy Ensley and Scott Murray got to work with their paintbrushes, children from the neighborhood started showing up to help.  One of the neighbors even showed back up to the building with extra paint brushes and rollers for the kids to use.

The team of neighborhood kids and Dalton officers got the graffiti covered quickly with paint from the Dalton Parks and Rec Department.  The kids even cleaned up trash from the lot, bagging it up and leaving the area cleaner and more graffiti free than they found it.

Below: Dalton officers and neighborhood children team up to paint over graffiti and clear trash at the intersection of Frazier Drive and James Street in Dalton (Click thumbnails for a larger version of the image)

Comments

[Annette]

That was very sweet. We need more of this.