The city had a serious problem with property crime, especially theft and graffiti by taggers. The Graffiti war in the Bay Area is between taggers and picture artists. One team acts as the taggers, the other acts as the runners. Works by "Freedom" remained mostly untouched and respected by taggers. Reisser's style was thus also very much influenced by European and German taggers. Good taggers must be fit, disciplined and focused. In 2012, he joined shark taggers OCEARCH in South Africa as Chief Scientist. Sane & Smith were among the most persistent taggers in New York during the 1980s. Unlike the other taggers, the "patoto" can also move along the central lengthwise line.