Tipp complaint system
http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/393.html
If You Witness a Violation of Environmental Conservation Law

Reports from citizens are vital for effective enforcement of New York's environmental laws. There are more than 300 Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) and Investigators in New York State, each patrolling an average of 400 square miles. You can help by reporting every Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) violation that you observe or suspect.
The department provides different ways for citizens to report to DEC. To ensure a prompt response to your complaint, please be prepared to provide detailed information when reporting a violation of law.
Complaints may be filed in several ways:


  • TIPP DEC is a 24-hour telephone hotline that is also referred to as Turn in Poachers and Polluters. It is answered by live dispatchers. The TIPP phone number is 1-800-TIPP DEC (1-800-847-7332). Callers may request to file a complaint anonymously.
  • Citizens can also report a violation online.
  • Contact the ECO responsible for your area. ECOs work out of their homes and patrol in and around the county they live in. Links to the regional ECO rosters are listed in the right hand column of this page. When ECOs are on patrol you may contact them through the Division of Law Enforcement dispatch at 1-877-457-5680.




    TIPP Complaint System Works Again (Suffolk County)


  • On 09 October 2008, ECO's Dustin Oliver, and Joshua Ver Hague patrolled to East Beach in the Town of
    Brookhaven, in response to a TIPP complaint of a fishermen keeping undersized fish. As officers arrived, they
    observed four fishermen matching the descriptions from the complaint. Upon investigation, the ECO's
    discovered several short black fish, and one out-of-season, short porgy. Three of the individuals were issued
    ECATs for the violations.