Posted on 07/10/2012 4:53:14 PM PDT by Tainan
When the woman called 911 a deputy wasn’t sent because the compliance officer is a county employee.
A Georgia homeowner allegedly awoke to an unusual scene on July 2 — a county code compliance officer yelling at her over the state of her lawn from the doorway of her bedroom.
“I woke up, I didn’t have my glasses on or my contacts in and all I see is this big burly figure standing in my doorway,” Erica Masters explained. “A big huge guy with a grey shirt. It scared the mess out of me.”
She elaborated: “[He] yelled at me to wake me up, to let me know that I needed to come back outside and sign the violation notice,” informing her that her grass was too long.
“I could have been coming fresh out of the shower. I mean, if I’m not answering the door, maybe it’s because I can‘t hear you because I’m in the shower,” she later pointed out.
To top it off, the whole scene can be viewed on Masters’ home surveillance cameras.
video at site.
Jeez!
Not to nitpick but have you ever heard of a no-knock warrant ... it is all the rage with SWAT units of late. Not that this incident would give rise to such a warrant, just say’n.
As for this clown, he should, at the very least, be arrested for B&E and should thank his lucky starts the occupant didn’t have a gun at hand. ;-)
Um, nowadays, strange ANYONE, man or woman. Don’t underestimate women. You’ll be dead quick.
What’s wrong with her lawn?
He’s also, at this point, been fired for his job for non-compliance with processes of the compliance department and for making false statements to his supervisor during the investigation yesterday.
According to another website/thread, it was her roommate that left the door unlocked, not the victim.
just FYI
“...Compliance officer ...”???
WTF!
If I go to bed knowing for sure that I’m alone in the house, and I open my eyes and there’s somebody standing over my bed, something very ugly is going to happen, and it’s going to happen damn near instantaneously.
When it came to be known that it was some fat, officious low-level government prick that broke into my house to harass me for my lawn being a couple of inches longer than he liked, I would probably stop feeling bad about it.
I kind of like the idea of having my own video system -well concealed- so that there’s evidence that matches what I said happened, when the smoke clears.
No knock warrants are unconstitutional.
They may be fashionable with SWAT teams, but SWAT teams of late have been ignoring the Constitution when it doesn’t serve the interests of The State.
True, but most violent criminals who break into homes are male.
You can bet he’ll be back with something else on his mind than the lawn. If not her bedroom door then her neighbor’s.
Unconstitutional? They have been challenged in court on several occasions and have been found very much in compliance. I don’t happen to agree, but who am I to argue with the courts. As for the SWAT teams ignoring the Constitution, they are complying with the orders of a judge somewhere. A warrant can’t be exercised without a judge’s signature.
Once again, I’m not in anyway trying to justify the no knock warrant, just stating the facts.
As a retired officer I never thought the no knock was constitutional but the courts said so, so who was I to disagree (by the way, I never served a no knock in all my 28 years).
Obviously the “compliance” officer is using his job to case residences and was probably surprised when someone was in the home.
The courts have ruled a lot of non-constitutional matters to be “constitutional” .
No knock warrants are unconstitutional. Period.
None of the founders would have supported government employees serving a warrant by intruding into a citizen’s home.
He has stolen before; I hope that lady has checked her residence to make certain all her valuables are still in place.
Far be it from me to disagree with you, you have me convinced, now all you have to do is convince the courts. Good luck with that, by the way. LOL!
Cronyism or nepotism. He got the gig because he knows somebody or else he’s a relative of somebody in county gummint.
You don't understand -- I was calling 911 for HIS safety. Well....OK, Nancy, if you won't come get him I guess I'll just have to shoot him.
And it wouldn't matter if it were. He has no business in your house without your consent without a warrant, no matter what his purpose, absent exigent circumstances. Long grass does NOT qualify, no matter what the city or HOA may say.
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