Hamilton County Environmental Crimes Task Force

07/02/21 • 22 min

The Hamilton County Environmental Crimes Task Force is heating up this summer. Corporal Bryan Peak with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office leads a multi-department effort to crack down on illegal dumping of tires, construction debris and other household items. Listen to the latest podcast of Heart and Hustle in Hamilton County, and subscribe, to hear about this great program helping to improve the quality of life for Hamilton County, Oh residents.

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Heart and Hustle in Hamilton County - Hamilton County Environmental Crimes Task Force

Transcript

8:52
So besides tires, what else are you kind of dealing with as far as illegal dumping? A lot?
8:59
Bridgette, I mean, we do. Yeah, unfortunately, from cleanouts. I mean, you know, we find stuff that we deem you know, folks have four family, three family, two families, and their maintenance guy has given X amount of money to clean one out if you know, a tenant has left. And in lieu of taking it to a dump site ramky for 3540 bucks, they ought to keep the money in their pocket, and t