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Coweta commissioners debate selective enforcement and ask staff for 2016 policy minutes
Summary
Commissioners pressed staff about perceived selective enforcement by code officers; staff explained a 2016 policy change requiring complainant information to avoid anonymous disputes and agreed to provide the board the relevant minutes and to implement whatever policy the board adopts.
Commissioners questioned county staff on Feb. 12 about selective enforcement by code‑enforcement officers and whether officers should act on obvious violations observed during routine patrols. The discussion focused on workload impacts, legal evidence requirements and a 2016 policy change that now requires complainant name and phone number for many complaint types.
One commissioner described seeing multiple obvious violations along a route and asked why code officers could not simply act when a clear violation is observed. "If…
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