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How do you feel about GRAFFITI on trains?

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I knew sooner or later someone was going to tell cops to hunt down graffitti "artists" and hang em high. Given the unusual amount of hostility y'all seem to exhibit towards cops doing their jobs in and around railroad property (someone said "it's private property and you have no right to be there" in another thread) it's a clear case of having your cake and eating it, too. Let's just assume for a moment that I get a call here in my patch of paradise for a tagger. No problem, I'll respond... it's my job. The first question I'm going to ask is "Are you going to prosecute?". (If I didn't see it, I can't make an arrest.) If the answer is "Yes!" I'll be requiring some identification for my report. Seeing as how the railroad folks here are a little leery about providing ID's to cops... I have a funny feeling my report is going to be file 13'd. Now you've wasted MY time and yours. If you are a private citizen (aka a railfan) reporting the vandalism, the same will apply. Comment was made that gang bangers don't tag railcars. They do. I have seen gang signatures from out west running around here in the east. A gang banger who can tag a car has just extended his gang territory far beyond the borders of his turf. Just for a moment, let's assume I actually catch these "artists" in the act. Their parents will ask the same questions you folks ask when a cop "hassles" you, which is: "Don't you have drug dealers to catch?" Given the numerous protections a kinder and more sensitive society has given to "juvenile offenders" most of the punishments you folks mention are inappropriate and illegal. I am fairly curious though... if, as someone has said, a car carrier has been left standing in one place long enough for an "artist" to cover the car to such an extent that "there was no metal left", what does that say about the railroad handling that car? Sounds like it was sitting somewhere for a while, unattended and unwatched. Erik Time to catch a drug dealer or a bank robber
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