West Palm Beach’s code enforcement department was rocked by so much upheaval this year that city administrators moved to fire four officers in a month and ordered the remaining officers not to patrol or respond to most code-violation calls for nearly two months.
The moves came as the city dealt with waves of turmoil in the department, including infighting among officers, the transfer of the division out of the city’s beleaguered police department and allegations that some officers were not working their full shifts, city records show.
Amid the unrest, City Administrator Faye Johnson in February instructed the entire code enforcement staff to stop patrolling and instead spend “their entire work shift” at City Hall…