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AndyB1976 t1_jab9hz0 wrote

By-law people in my city dress and look like cops. Right down to the bullet-proof vests they wear. Had some show up at our house last spring but no one was home. Thought they were cops from the doorbell cam. Was a few anxious days wondering why they had been here until they showed back up again.

(Our street facing backyard fences were too high. We had just moved in to the house and our neighbors called for some fucking reason.)

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Focacciaboudit t1_jabui65 wrote

What a sad state of affairs when city code enforcement can't crawl up your ass for petty shit without worrying about getting shot.

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AndyB1976 t1_jabupy3 wrote

What's even more ridiculous about it, is that this is in Canada.

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Focacciaboudit t1_jabuxex wrote

Didn't expect that. Do you think they're in any legitimate danger, or just hoping to look like cops to be taken seriously?

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AndyB1976 t1_jabvo6j wrote

They were definitely trying to appear tough to be taken seriously. They acted like cops... Knocked on the door then back off the porch while hooking their thumbs into their vest straps like they were waiting to be aggressively confronted. I looked the one guy up and by his education and stuff, he looked like he had flunked out of more serious policing/security work. Totally made sense after the fact. He pretty much leads by-law in our town and they have absolutely taken on a more aggressive "policing" form of enforcement. It's actually kind of embarrassing seeing these guys driving around in their police like vehicles and telling people their lawns can't be 5" and must be only 4.5"

Our fence was 9ft tall and the city by-law dictated 8' 5"

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DetritusK t1_jacms1g wrote

Build dirt up around the base. Magically in compliance now!

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ihate282 t1_jac3d22 wrote

Fyi, in Canada, legally speaking they are police they just don't have the right to carry guns.

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FTR_1077 t1_jad2vqp wrote

>hooking their thumbs into their vest straps like they were waiting to be aggressively confronted.

I know it looks like that, but is actually done out of comfort. I use vests and do that all the time, it's a way to rest your arms.

Still, dressing like going to a war zone in suburbia is the most ridiculous shit people do..

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sudoku7 t1_jach8xg wrote

Ya where I am it was weird. The court baliffs got bodycams before the police or sheriffs department by a few years.

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blahbleh112233 t1_jadw1rv wrote

You can get away with looking extremely close to a cop and driving essentially a cop car depending on the law. Look up Jeremy Dewitte. He's never been convicted of impersonation because of the laws and even got a cop fired over the accusation.

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