The major objective of National Environmental Crime Prevention
Week is to convey to the general public and government enforcement
personnel the seriousness of environmental criminal activity and
increase their awareness of the signs of environmental criminal
activity and the need to report such activity to the proper authorities.
The Regional Environmental Enforcement Associations have declared
the second full week in April as National Environmental Crime
Prevention Week. President George W. Bush recognized the importance
of the annual observance and stated that "individuals, communities,
and environmental enforcement professionals must work together
to stop environmental criminal activity."
The Regional Associations intend to progressively develop a diverse and broad based public
awareness program by targeting different segments of the general public annually. Each
successive year will add new activities and events aimed at increasing the awareness of a
certain segment of the propulation.
Continues the work begun last year with targeting middle school students and encouraging them
to take an active role as advocates and enforcers for the environment.
Designed to encourage
individuals to recognize and report to law enforcement authorities
those types of activities which indicate that an environmental
crime may have occurred.
