Prince George's County, MD Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

The Environmental Crimes Unit, created by Sec. 13-272, is coordinated by the Department of the Environment working with the Department of Public Works and Transportation, the Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement, and the County Police Department, operating in Northern, Central, and Southern enforcement areas under Sec. 13-274. Sec. 13-277 makes outreach and education the Unit's method for reaching residents: it directs the County to create and distribute informational pamphlets, run community presentations, and, most directly, establish an environmental enforcement hotline within the current 3-1-1 call system so complaints about litter and illegal dumping funnel to one number.

Sec. 13-273 defines what counts as an Environmental Crime a resident can report through that hotline: litter violations under Sections 13-261 through 13-271, illegal dumping under Sections 23-150 through 23-151, and other violations of the Antilitter and Weed Ordinance or the County's Road Ordinance that endanger public health or safety. Site assessments described in Sec. 13-275 draw on resident complaints, along with visual and aerial surveys performed by the Unit's own enforcement teams, to prioritize which reported locations get investigated first, and the Unit can pay a reward, capped at 10 percent or $500 of the resulting fine, to a tipster whose information leads to a citation under Sec. 13-274(e).