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Colonel R. L. Suthard, superintendent of the Virginia State Police, has called for a cooperative effort to help reduce vandalism across the state.
“Vandalism is not a harmless prank,” said Colonel Suthard, “it’s a crime, one that is not isolated to a certain community, a certain county, a certain city. The deliberate, pointless damaging of property wastes time and money.”
Many thousands of vandalism crimes are reported each year, noted Colonel Suthard, and it is estimated that at least twice as many are unreported. According to arrest information in Virginia’s 1985 uniform crime report, police officers arrested 5,318 persons for vandalism.
While reports indicate that most suspected vandals are children, 3,336 of those arrested for vandalism in 1985 were over the age of 18 and 4,646 were male. State Police point out that there is no “typical” vandal. They include girls and boys, men and women, good students and dropouts, the well-to-do and the poor. However, vandals do often work in groups.
Aunong reasons for vandalism, State Police list anger, boredom, drug abuse, disciplinary problems,
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