We Named It SNITCH
That Was Deliberate
Safe Neighborhoods Through Civic Help (aka SNITCH)
What's In Our Name?
Why SNITCH?
The name stands for Safe Neighborhoods Through Civic Help — and every word in that acronym is intentional. Safe, because the entire point of this service is to let residents report code violations without putting their names on a public record that the person being reported can obtain. Neighborhoods, because code enforcement is inherently local — it's about the block you live on, the street your kids play on, the property next door that's been declining for two years while everyone looks the other way. Through, because SNITCH is the mechanism, not the outcome — we file the complaint, the system does the enforcement. Civic, because reporting a code violation is an act of community participation, not an act of aggression. Help, because most people who want to report something have no idea how, and even fewer are willing to do it once they learn their name becomes part of the file.
That's why the name is SNITCH. Not despite what the word implies — because of it.
Bold? Absolutely. Accidental? Not a chance.
Names matter. Forgettable names produce forgettable services. We chose a name that cuts through the noise, raises an eyebrow, and makes you lean in — because the problem we're solving deserves that level of attention.
Florida's SB 60, which took effect in 2021, eliminated anonymous code enforcement complaints statewide. If you file a complaint directly with your city or county, you must provide your name and address. That information becomes part of the public record. The neighbor whose overgrown lot you reported, the landlord running an illegal short-term rental three doors down, the property owner whose abandoned vehicle has been sitting on the curb since spring — they can all find out it was you.
Most people decide it's not worth the risk. The violation stays. The neighborhood gets worse.
SNITCH acts as your authorized filing agent. You stay out of it. The complaint gets filed, the officer gets dispatched, and you never have to interact with the enforcement process directly.
That's not snitching. That's civic infrastructure working the way it was supposed to.
Just disruptive enough to work.
This is a Chaz Stevens Production.
Three Decades of Making Power Backpedal.
SNITCH was built by someone who spent three decades stress-testing the systems that everyone else assumes are too powerful to challenge.
Chaz Stevens is a First Amendment advocate, constitutional litigant, and government accountability activist whose work has been covered by CNN, Fox News, NBC, ABC, NPR, the Washington Post, Time, Politico, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and The Katie Phang Show. He is the activist who erected a Festivus pole at the Florida State Capitol after the state permitted a Nativity scene — and won the right to do so. He filed a formal challenge to get the Bible removed from Florida school libraries using the state's own book-removal statutes, forcing officials to confront the consequences of their own policy. He has filed hundreds of public records requests, compelled government bodies to reverse unconstitutional positions, and documented the structural vulnerabilities in public forum governance for over fifteen years.
His methodology is simple: learn the rules better than the people hiding behind them, then enforce those rules without exception or hesitation until the institution has to respond.
SNITCH applies that same methodology to code enforcement. Every complaint we file is reviewed against local municipal codes, confirmed to meet the enforcement threshold, and submitted to the appropriate agency in a format designed to get action taken. We don't file noise. We file cases.
If holding government accountable makes us a snitch, hand us the paperwork and step aside.
What They Say About Us.
We’re not here to tattle.
We’re Not Here To Tattle.
SNITCH isn't about snitching — it's about standing up for safer, stronger communities. We act as a neutral third party: verifying reports, following the law, and filing code complaints on behalf of people who want a better neighborhood without the blowback.
The name turns heads. The work turns neighborhoods around.
Did the name SNITCH raise an eyebrow?
Good. That means we’ve got your attention.
Now lean in — we’ve got work to do.