Tech Article 5

The Graffiti Code Breaker
Click here for the link!October 12, 2012

• To mark their territory gangster still use graffiti in the 21st Century.

• There is a new software called GARI that is helping investigators decipher who drew it.

• It also helps them monitor gang activity and helps them fight crime.

• GARI connects officers to a searchable database where they can get information from pictures of the graffiti.

• GARI distinguishes colors and shapes.

• Officers are able to ask the GARI database questions.

• The database is new and is still being fixed. It's not perfect, yet.

• Many officers have signed in and its already making a difference.