DALLAS — The City of Dallas confirmed one of the officers in its Department of Code Compliance Services is currently on leave and being investigated following allegations that she extorted hundreds of dollars from a small business owner.
Oscar Rivera said what started as a routine process to renew his business license with the department led to months of text messages and in-person visits from a woman who works in the department, claiming that he could avoid paying the city thousands of dollars in fines if he paid her a few hundred dollars a month.
He did. For more than two months…