Citizen Complaint Filed with TDLR Against City of Garland Code Compliance Officers and Management - Evidence of Misconduct, Wrongdoing, 4th Amendment and Ethics Violations

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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City of Garland Code Compliance V. Garland Homeowner Set For Trial By Jury on January 8, 2018.... Maybe

Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2017
Garland Code Compliance w/ Officer Sal Haq
Haq stopped in front of my house and returned on Dec. 7, 2017.
Trial upcoming so, Haq increasing his attention to my house.

I appeared in court this morning to begin the trial for the seven citations issued against me by the City of Garland Department of Code Compliance. Based off of previous experience with the court, I was expecting to talk to the prosecutor about a new plea deal they offer every time I have appeared and then wait until the judge calls me to the bench to inform me that they are overbooked today and they need to reset my trial date.

To my surprise, that didn't happen... Sort of.

The prosecutor in court today was a new one to me. His name eludes my memory but, he offered to dismiss two citations and reduce the fines for the remaining five. I told him that the offer was much worse than last time I was in court. He replied with a comment that I really wasn't even listening to and I declined the offer. He said they were ready to proceed to trial and I told him that I was as well. He told me to wait to talk to the judge and that was it with him.

While waiting for the judge to appear, I noticed the courtroom only had one other person waiting and I began to wonder if the trial would actually happen today. Garland prosecutors are known for delaying cases until they can't be bumped any further and right before the trial is about to begin.... The prosecutor will dismiss the case and avoid having to spend the time hearing the case.

The judge called the other person up and they agreed to a plea deal. That left me as the only remaining case.

Garland Municipal Court Ignores Rules With Pro Se Defendant In Code Compliance Case

View of alley where the Garland code inspector parked his
truck and stood on the side of the truck bed to look over
the 8ft privacy fence.  

On October 5th, I went to court for another pretrial hearing regarding seven citations issued by the City of Garland Code Compliance.
I had filed a motion for Discovery in September. I thought that once the prosecutor got a look at all the misconduct and fraud committed by code inspector, Dawood Haq, they would simply dismiss the tickets rather than let it go to trial and have his conduct become public record. No such luck.

The Garland, Texas municipal court has a very effective system that maximizes their incoming revenue. Here is how it works when someone is issued a citation...

The defendant appears in court and meets briefly with the prosecutor. The defendant can plead guilty and pay the fine or they can plead not guilty and request a trial by judge or jury.
In my case, I requested a trial by jury.

City of Garland, Texas Code Compliance Targets Resident - Timeline of Events

Cheryl Reno: Garland, TX. Code Enforcement Officer

May 18, 2017
Received warning of violations letter

May 30, 2017
Received final notice letter for:
   Improper Storage
   Parking on Unimproved Surface
   Unsightly Conditions

June 6, 2017
Received three citations for:
   Improper Storage
   Parking on Unimproved Surface
   Unsightly Conditions