"RicodJour" wrote in message
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On Jul 3, 8:45 am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message

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"[VIRGINIA] The City of Lynchburg is trying to give the planning
commission (building permits, code enforcement, etc.) the ability to
issue
search warrants if they suspect "code" violations."

Huh?

http://redstatevirginia.com/2011/07/...nce-from-polic...

I wonder if the enforcement guys wear uniforms. With Brown Shirts.

You should read your municipal code. Many places already give the
building inspector rights to enter a premises that even the police
don't have. You don't _have_ to let the inspector in, but they can
pull your CO and then you're in a ****ing match with a big-bellied
drunk. Not a good idea.

I read an article in the NYT archive about "poop scoop" inspectors in NYC.
Since the violation is of the health code only, you can apparently give the
inspector a false name or none, if stopped and they can't issue a citation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/ny...anted=2&ref=us

"Mr. Otibu approached and asked for picture identification. Without
identification, agents cannot write summonses, and a number of dog owners
sometimes refuse to show ID or claim to have left it at home. Leaving dog
waste is a health code violation, not an arrestable offense, so in those
cases, agents have to let the matter drop."

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Bobby G.