CONTACT EDMOND POLICE. WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING OKLAHOMA HAD MORE THAN 2400. >> ILLEGAL DUMP SITES USE LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COSTING THEM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PICK UP. ONE MAN IN OKLAHOMA CITY SAYS PEOPLE CONSTANTLY DUMP TRASH AROUND HIS HOME. >> SO HE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. NEWS FOUR'S TANNER DE LEON WENT TO SEE THE TRASH FOR HIMSELF. TANNER. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU ALL THIS, DENIS JOHNSON SAYS THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. AND WHEN HE CALLED POLICE, THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNLESS HE HAD PICTURES OR VIDEO OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID IT. >> SO DON T WITHOUT BAR CAMERAS TO CATCH THE NEXT PERSON WHO TRIED. >> IT'S FRUSTRATING. IT ACTUALLY IS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEBODY THINKS THAT ANYBODY IT'S GOING TO WANT JUNK PUT IN, YOU KNOW, THEIR FRONT YARD.
DANI JOHNSON HAS LIVED AT THIS HOUSE FOR DECADES. HE LOVES. BUT ONE THING THAT HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT PEOPLE DUMPING TRASH AROUND HIS HOUSE. IT'S SUCH A COMMUNION PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT. >> AND JUST SOME OF THE TRUCK LOAD JUNK AND NOT GET CAUGHT. JOHNSON CONTACTED OKC POLICE THE LAST TIME SOMEONE DUMPED TRASH AROUND HIS HOME. BUT THEY TOLD HIM WITHOUT ANY PICTURES OR VIDEO OF THE DUMPERS IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO HELP. HE RECOMMENDED AT THAT TIME SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE CAMERAS AND IF YOU GET TAGS >> OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT HE DID. INSTALLING CAMERAS ALL AROUND HIS HOUSE AND THEY PAID OFF CATCHING PEOPLE ON CAMERA DUMPING BEHIND HIS HOME TUESDAY. I DID MANAGE TO SOME SOME FOOTAGE ON THE VEHICLE COMING AND GOING. THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY SENT NEWS 4 THIS STATEMENT ABOUT ILLEGAL DUMPING SAYING, QUOTE, ILLEGAL DUMPING IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM IN OKLAHOMA CITY. IT CAN BE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND IS AN EYESORE FOR THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU SEE ILLEGAL DUMPING TAKING PLACE, TAKE PHOTOS AND REPORTED TO THE ACTION CENTER OR ONLINE AT OKC DOT GOV.
>> JOHNSON SAYS HE CONTACTED OKC POLICE AND TOLD THEM HE HAS VIDEO SHOWING THE PEOPLE AND THE TRUCK DUMPING TRASH BEHIND HIS HOME. NOW HE'S WAITING FOR A CALL BACK, BUT HE TELLS US HE JUST WANTS THE PEOPLE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET AWAY WITH IT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. SAYS SO HORRIBLE THING TO IT REAL. THE FINE FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING IS $500. AND WE .