Pine Barrens Watch and Telephone Hotline
The Pine Barrens Law Enforcement
Council's member agencies need your help. With more than 54,000
acres of core area lands to patrol and protect, the Council members
cannot be everywhere, so they have set up a Pine Barrens Watch
Program
A 24 hour, 7 days
per week telephone hotline has been established so you can report
illegal activities directly to a single number, housed at the
Council's office at Southaven County Park.
If you see any illegal activities of an environmental nature in any
of Suffolk County’s parks and open space
(dumping, poaching, off road vehicle violations, etc.):
- Do not take
any direct action, but instead:
Call the 24 hour hotline immediately at:
1-877-BARRENS
PLEASE NOTE:
911 is the only number to use when a police officer is
immediately needed on the scene of an incident. The reality is
that the 911 personnel and the police agencies that they
dispatch must prioritize calls, and the response for ATV calls
may not always be a high priority. However, this is the number
to call when an immediate response is required. 1-877-BARRENS
to report patterns of ATV abuse, or other problems not
necessarily on-going, and a SC Park Police Officer (probably a
supervisor) will then call you back, take a description of the
ATV use patterns, and use that information when the pine barrens
area police agencies conduct a field sweep for illegal off road
vehicle use.
When making a call,
please have as much of the following information available as
possible:
-Where the incident
is located
-What happened
-When it occurred,
or if it is occurring
-Who was involved
-Vehicle(s)
descriptions
-Other pertinent
information.
-All calls will be
kept confidential.
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