All, I was contacted by a member asking if I could post this scenario. Please take a look and if you can lend some advise, please post it ASAP. Thank you in advance!!!!  Keith Colquitt

We have had the organization, “Hope House” distribute bright pink plastic bags in neighborhoods recently.  We have cited one person with the organization and met several other workers including 2 truck drivers, one young man on a Segway who distributes the bags, and a man who drives a van.  All the workers come from around the Gwinnett/DeKalb county area.  

The bags are placed on mailboxes.  The bags are distributed with instructions to fill the bag with donated items, and place the bag on the curb with a specific day. They will return to collect the bags.  

However, the bags end up in the street as litter and down street drains. Residents with  “No Soliciting” signs in their neighborhoods have called in several complaints.  

I was wondering if any other Georgia Code Officers have dealt with this group and if cited, what was the outcome.  The worker I talked with yesterday said they will visit areas every 90 days.  They travel to Augusta, Tennessee and around Atlanta

I Would have a meeting with the group.  Google the following: Who owns the mail box.  What I have read is that the postmaster owns the inside/outside of mail box + the post it sits on.  Show them the trash at the street drain, even if you have a stage a photo. Then explains that whoever it is, has to clean it up, or clean out the sewer.

Bring the post master in or at least have them write a letter for you to show who owns BABABABA.

Use compassion, logic thinking.  If that does not work, citation time, big bucks

Sgt. Stephens

 

This is on the Federal level and the postmaster needs to be contacted. Refer all complaints to the postmaster. Also refer to the jurisdiction’s littering ordinance and issue citations to all that are distributing them. Let the judge decide. 

I would hold them responsible for the bags and charge them with littering.

On 7/12/2019 at 10:30 AM, Keith C said:

All, I was contacted by a member asking if I could post this scenario. Please take a look and if you can lend some advise, please post it ASAP. Thank you in advance!!!!  Keith Colquitt

We have had the organization, “Hope House” distribute bright pink plastic bags in neighborhoods recently.  We have cited one person with the organization and met several other workers including 2 truck drivers, one young man on a Segway who distributes the bags, and a man who drives a van.  All the workers come from around the Gwinnett/DeKalb county area.  

The bags are placed on mailboxes.  The bags are distributed with instructions to fill the bag with donated items, and place the bag on the curb with a specific day. They will return to collect the bags.  

However, the bags end up in the street as litter and down street drains. Residents with  “No Soliciting” signs in their neighborhoods have called in several complaints.  

I was wondering if any other Georgia Code Officers have dealt with this group and if cited, what was the outcome.  The worker I talked with yesterday said they will visit areas every 90 days.  They travel to Augusta, Tennessee and around Atlanta

according to the post office, they own rights to box and the stand it sits on.  Call the post office