In California, code enforcement is a certifiable profession. Officers can earn that credential through the California Association of Code Enforcement Officers (CACEO) Code Academy, a three-module sequence that carries them from constitutional fundamentals through the most complex enforcement tools available to a public agency. Serviam Managing Partner Curtis Wright teaches many of the legal aspect courses. He instructs at Module One, Module Two, and Module Three academies held throughout the state, covering Fourth Amendment law and property ownership at the foundational level, warrants and testimony at the intermediate level, and receiverships, cannabis enforcement, the Public Records Act, and cost recovery at the advanced level. Code Enforcement Expertise That Is Taught, Not Just Claimed There is a meaningful difference between an attorney who has read the law and an attorney trusted to teach it to the officers who enforce it. Teaching the academy curriculum requires command of the material at a level that survives questions from a room full of practitioners who will apply it in the field. That role also keeps Serviam close to the profession it serves. ...
