#DEP is an emergency line for reporting environmental crimes only.  State Warning Point staff will answer calls and forward information to DEP law enforcement personnel or emergency responders for investigation. Last year, DEP’s Bureau of Emergency Response responded to more than 2,100 incidents, with more than 90 percent of those referred to DEP from the State Warning Point.

 

DEP’s Bureau of Environmental Investigations conducted almost 350 criminal investigations in 2007, resulting in 133 arrests.  DEP’s Division of Law Enforcement is responsible for statewide environmental resource law enforcement, providing law enforcement services to Florida’s state parks and greenways and trails. Division personnel investigate environmental resource crimes and illegal dredge and fill activities, and respond to natural disasters, civil unrest, hazardous material incidents and oil spills that can threaten the environment.

 

To report environmental crime, most wireless customers can now dial #DEP. Callers can also report environmental crimes to the Environmental Crimes Hotline at the State Warning Point by calling (877) 272-8335 or  (877) 2-SAVE-FL. Or www.dep.state.fl.us/law.

Dial #DEP to Report Environmental Crimes

--DEP and Floridians team up to protect the environment--

You now have a new tool for protecting the state’s natural resources. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently announced that most cell phone customers in Florida can dial #DEP to report

environmental crimes, including illegal dumping of hazardous materials, construction debris, oil drums and biological waste.

“#DEP helps officers respond quickly and efficiently to environmental crimes and emergencies,” said DEP Division of Law Enforcement Director Henry Barnet. “DEP’s law enforcement will now have additional eyes on the

roadways and in the field to help spot and easily report major crimes against the environment.”