LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Police established a Community Service Unit to improve ordinance enforcement and uphold community standards throughout the city.

The new division integrates 14 non-commissioned personnel who formerly operated as City Ordinance Officers. The unit will provide a unified approach to ordinance enforcement under the police department’s oversight.

The unit will focus on violations, including illegal short-term rental swimming pool homes, parking violations, handicap parking enforcement, abandoned vehicles, abandoned homes, overgrown lots and other quality-of-life infractions outlined under city ordinances.

The department says service officers will respond to 311 service calls and ordinance-related complaints. They will also work directly with residents and cit

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