 We find it anywhere where an offender feels like they're not going to be observed, so it's vacant lots, alleyways, road sides, and sometimes even city of Dallas parks. So the city of Fort Worth spends a little over a million dollars in direct costs and up to five million dollars in indirect costs each year just dealing with illegal dumping. Illegal dumping is the improper placement or disposal of debris usually on property that doesn't belong to the dumper. It causes issues with vermin, mice and rats, problems with mosquitoes. Those mosquitoes can carry West Nile and other diseases and problems with property values. Neighborhoods who have illegal dump sites in their neighborhoods typically have lower property values. And then another is water quality and then that's huge. That's drinking water from many communities. City of Dallas actually has an environmental crimes unit to patrol the city and respond to calls for illegal dumping. Our deputies respond to approximately 230 a month. The magnitude of the problem is is just tremendous and that's one of the reasons why we're so aggressive on enforcement. We have zero tolerance. There aren't warnings that are given. We seek the maximum penalty. That means if it's a felony then you're going to pay the felony price for it. It can range anywhere from a criminal citation to prison time or state jail time. First and foremost we want people to report illegal dumping. You see it in progress then give us a call. We want to catch the people that are illegally dumping and we want to hold them accountable. People go to jail every day for illegal dumping in the city of Dallas. There's an easy way for people to avoid a penalty such as a fine or jail time and that's simply follow the rules. Take advantage of the landfill where disposal rates are really inexpensive. In Fort Worth we have citizen drop-off stations that people can take advantage and it's really easy to recycle much of that material at very low and in some cases no cost to the consumer. RealTrashTalk.com is a website dedicated to informing citizens how they can properly dispose of debris and North Texas Crime Stoppers has agreed to pay up to $1,500 reward for any information that leads to an arrest of offenders in environmental crimes in the city. If you see it report it like any other crime in progress and dial 911.