Broward County鈥檚 Planning and Development Management Division launched a COVID-19 business complaint last June where people can anonymously report businesses that are violating CDC guidelines like wearing masks and maintaining social distance 鈥� and it's still active.
Jo Sesodia, the director of the county's planning and development management division, says Broward has received more than 17,000 complaints against businesses since last June.
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However, the dashboard only shows pending complaints, ones that received warnings or citations, and those that were deemed 鈥渞esolved鈥� by code enforcement officers.
鈥淏ecause we don鈥檛 want to have businesses out there with essentially allegations against them that were not founded,鈥� Sesodia said.
She also says the county received the most complaints in July and August. That was when Broward saw the largest spike in COVID-19 cases, according to . Since then, Sesodia says there鈥檚 been a steady stream of reports still coming in.
鈥淚t鈥檚 the first time the county has done something that鈥檚 been as large as this using crowdsource data,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t really is driven by our citizens reporting and our municipalities responding.鈥�
To anonymously report a business, you can call Broward鈥檚 311 hotline from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon on weekends.
You can also visit to submit a report 24/7 by navigating to 鈥淩equest for Service鈥� and entering the business鈥檚 address.
