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Volunteers partner with UofL Police Chief and Councilman for graffiti removal project Share Updated: 7:39 PM EDT Jul 18, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Share Updated: 7:39 PM EDT Jul 18, 2021
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Show Transcript University of Louisville students stepped off campus to help clean up the surrounding neighborhood. Today, volunteers of A says rolled up their sleeves, removing graffiti from buildings, picking up trash and beautifying areas near the campus. Today s clean Up was a part of a says global campaign to reduce crime based off the broken window theory. When you see a lot of crime in an area litter graffiti, it incites more crime. But if we do the opposite, if we clean up the graffiti, if we pick up the letter, it actually will decrease crime and this this theory was tested in new york city and proven to be true. So we re hopeful to do the same thing here in our own community in Louisville. The group works on community projects tha