City of Garland Code Enforcement Department Allows Employees to Work as Officers Without Being Licensed

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) is the government entity that oversees and regulates all municipal Code Enforcement conducted within the State of Texas.
In order for a person to legally conduct code enforcement activities, the law states that an individual to hold a Code Compliance Officer license or hold a Code Compliance Officer In Training certificate. All Code Compliance Officers In Training must be physically supervised by a departments designated, licensed Code Compliance Officer. The rules are clear... A license is required in order for an individual to legally conduct Code Enforcement in Texas... Period.

The City of Garland has ignored that rule and allows employees to act and work as code enforcement officers. Dawood Haq is one individual who was allowed to work without holding a license or a officer in training certificate. He issued citations to homeowners and the department management was behind him.
When a resident complained to Code Compliance Director, Steve Killen, he sent an email to Haq's supervisor, Oswaldo Rodruigez, to see if the complaint was valid. The supervisor checked with the state and was told that Haq was not licensed. The email sent by Rodruigez stated that TDLR informed him that Haq had taken the exam to become licensed in April of that year (2017) but, the state was behind with processing the licenses.
The department heads were covering for Haq not being licensed when he issued the first citation to the resident in June, 2017. This cover-up only covered for Haq for that time period from April 2017 until the license was officially issued on July 28th, 2017.

Copy of list of licensed code enforcement officers as of 7-4-2017

Dawood Haq is not on the list

The problem was the department didn't realize that they needed to go back longer to cover for Haq conducting code enforcement without a license. How long had Haq been working without a license? In a sworn affidavit to establish probable cause to request a search and abatement warrant, Haq stated that he had been working in his current job for the past two and a half years. He must have meant, months since the date of the affidavit was July 6, 2017.  No, that wasn't the case.

By his own, sworn admission, Dawood Haq AKA Sal Haq had been working and conducting code enforcement for the City of Garland without holding a license, for two and a half years. Haq is only to blame to a certain point. The bulk of the blame for Haq working without a license goes to the management and the director of the City of Garland Code Compliance department, Steve Killen.

With it being proven that Garland's code compliance department operates illegally and unethically, there is another part of Garland's government that is directly involved with code enforcement's activities and that is the municipal court. They collect the fines for the citations and abatements and they prosecute offenders for the city.
The municipal court and the city attorney's office works hand in hand with code compliance and all of them work together against the residents of Garland. The court allows code compliance to operate above the law.

I will provide additional evidence in a future post that focuses on the role Garland's municipal court plays with the code compliance department and their willful and intentional disregard for following the laws that they are supposed to be following. It is absolutely disgusting how blatant the level of wrongdoing that goes on every day in Garland. More to come soon.

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 Code Compliance Continue Cover Up Efforts for Wrongdoing, Misconduct and Dishonesty With Court Case

I have 7 code compliance citations that I am fighting and am currently waiting for my case to be heard with a trial by jury. It is scheduled for December 4th, 2017 but, the City of Garland is known for delaying trial dates as long as they can. The court sets a trial date and when that day arrives, the judge calls the defendants up to the bench and explains that they are overbooked that day and there is no way they will be able to get to their case that day. The court resets the trial for another day.
The new date arrives and the judge repeats the process. Garland courts are known for doing this to people. The court repeats this delay tactic until your case can't be delayed further due to it being on the top of the courts docket that day.
People think, "Finally! I get my day in court!"

Garland Code Compliance Inspector Enforces City Ordinance With Residents But, Not His Own Home

Home of Garland Code Compliance Officer
Ordinance states violation if over 12"
Image used and protected under free speech and fair criticism
Photo taken on June 27, 2017 

I live in Garland, Texas and I am currently fighting seven (7) citations that were issued in June and July of 2017. All of them were issued by an inspector who I have come to find out is a loose cannon and plays by his own rules. It should be easy to defend myself considering I have uncovered information that proves he has violated my rights, lied to a judge, illegally requested and received a search warrant and has made every attempt to cover up his blatant mistakes but, has made his cover up worse than the original wrongdoing.