The City of Garland Code Compliance officers are required to be licensed in order to conduct code enforcement. According to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations, the department that regulates code compliance licensing, for a person to conduct code enforcement, they must hold a valid Code Compliance Officer or Officer In-Training certificate. No exceptions.
That requirement is just one of many that the Garland Code Compliance department knowingly and willingly ignores. They do so knowing that they will not be held accountable.
They enforce municipal code but, they do not abide by the rules and laws by the State of Texas that are in place for their professional conduct and ethics. In other words, Garland Code Compliance personnel conducts their business unethically as well as illegally. They violate the rights of residents in Garland by conducting inspections that are not allowed unless there was a complaint filed. When the resident whose rights to privacy are violated by the officer standing on the back of their truck to look over an 8ft privacy fence, submits a request to see a copy of the complaint, the code compliance department fabricates a complaint while claiming the resident does not have the legal right to know the identity of the complainant...even if the matter goes to court. They have no problem with illegally making a false complaint when they have the legal support of the municipal court to cover their wrongdoing.
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