Tag: Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office
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A.G. GancarskiJuly 22, 2016
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On Thursday Kerri Stewart, chief of staff for Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, addressed the Jax Chamber North Council. Among the topics: Curry’s first year in office, the new budget and, inexorably, the pension tax referendum, which Stewart has been marketing around town along with Curry and members of the Jacksonville City Council. Stewart rattled off the mayoral priorities in the […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 7, 2016
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At the police memorial building in Jacksonville, Sheriff Mike Williams and Mayor Lenny Curry presented a united front Thursday in discussing public safety. Among the topics: the deployment of officers — 24,000 man hours, at approximately a million dollars this fiscal year — for overtime detail, a strategic deployment in neighborhoods facing the gravest challenges. As well, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 6, 2016
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10min186
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office payroll audit was released July 5, and it revealed some concerns the Council Auditor’s office had about payroll practices. While “pay to JSO employees [in general] was properly supported, accurately calculated and timely paid,” the office “identified various internal control weaknesses, findings, and opportunities for improvement that need to be addressed.” Room for […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 5, 2016
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On Tuesday, the Jacksonville Mayor’s Budget Review Committee performed an omnibus wrap up session, as budget review ends Wednesday. The usual players were analyzing the budgets: Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa, CFO Mike Weinstein, and Chief of Staff Kerri Stewart. The Tuesday session dealt with the “short list” of potential enhancements, bolstered by some small increase in property tax revenues, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2016
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2min316
Jacksonville is in for a tight budget year, and amidst pressures from community activists such as Diallo Sekou and R.L. Gundy to budget for body cameras for the beleaguered Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, some provisional good news came through in a letter from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement last week. The FDLE received an appropriation of $250,000 […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2016
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8min354
On Monday, the Jacksonville Mayor’s Budget Review Committee took a look at the budget of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, one of the most compelling sections in a flat budget year. A $17 million increase in general fund allocation was requested in the roughly $400 million budget. The highlights: Red-light camera revenue is down, as a result of driver […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016
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6min208
One of the more compellingly titled emails from Jacksonville government servers recently: a missive from pastor R.L. Gundy to the mayor and the city council entitled “Citizen Review Board, Independent Investigations, Death Penalty and Referendum.” Gundy, a politically active Baptist preacher, is known for his blistering fusillades against politicians like State Attorney Angela Corey. He also has been […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2016
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The Thursday meeting of the Jax Journey Oversight Committee outlined the sheriff’s office “violence reduction plan,” presented by Undersheriff Pat Ivey. This plan, at least in the concept outlined Thursday, moves away from the tried and true zero tolerance model to a more targeted (and arguably more pragmatic) approach. On Tuesday, the JSO will get an […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 15, 2016
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Roy Bay derailed the Jacksonville City Council HRO debate Tuesday, and was said Thursday to have moved to Miami. Meanwhile, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office wants him now. Below, the is the full statement from the JSO, detailing a sordid history that contradicts what he told local media in the wake of his Public Comment confession. […]


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