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A.G. GancarskiMay 30, 2018

Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams and State Attorney Melissa Nelson on Wednesday rolled out the ‘KEYS 2 Drive’ (Knowledge Empowers Your Success) diversion program. The program will help those facing primary charges of driving without valid licenses, or suspended or revoked licenses, to get valid drivers’ licenses. Of the 12,000 people faced with that fate last year, estimates are […]

Staff ReportsMay 23, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered flags at half-staff to honor Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Police Officer Lance C. Whitaker, a 17-year veteran. Scott ordered the U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff at the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, City Hall in Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in Jacksonville, and the Capitol in Tallahassee, from sunrise […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 22, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott was in Jacksonville Tuesday morning, with what his office called a “major announcement” regarding “Florida’s safe communities” and the 2017 FDLE Crime Report. Crime rates have decreased during the Scott era (from a 40 year low to a 46 year low and now, a 47 year low), and his trumpeting of the statistical decreases […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 22, 2018

Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, filed a pair of bills Monday that could bring changes for Duval County students. One mandates more crossing guards. The other orders evaluations for students pre-graduation. HB 1453 would require that Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office post crossing guards at all schools in Duval that serve students from grades K through 8, superseding previous legislation. […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2018

Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams has a Democratic challenger for re-election — ensuring that there will, in fact, be a policy debate ahead of the 2019 vote. Tony Cummings, who also ran in 2015, filed Friday. Thus far, he is the only other candidate in the race. In 2015, Cummings vowed to “rebuild the trust of the […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 8, 2017

A bill filed to Jacksonville City Council this week requests approval for nearly $1 million in federal funds for Jacksonville’s body worn camera program. Ordinance 2017-884, filed at the request of Sheriff Mike Williams, would appropriate $997,956 from the Department of Justice; a local match of the same amount would be provided. The fact sheet for the […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2017

Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney has had an interesting two years in office. There was a traffic stop confrontation with Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office members, who stopped him because he was driving around on a license tag he reported stolen. There also was the matter of Gaffney “double-dipping” on homestead exemptions, as the Florida Times-Union first reported. Despite these […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2017

The city of Jacksonville may get back some of the money a City Councilwoman’s family business owes it after all. The city agreed last week to a deal with KJB Specialties, the family business of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, to pay back $1,000 a month for 84 straight months. Earlier this year, the city won a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2017

The case of Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney and his troublesome license plate rages on, a full ten days after he was pulled over by police officers for driving with a license plate he had previously reported stolen. Since then, Gaffney has profusely apologized for his conduct during the stop — first at the front of […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Sheriff Mike Williams, and 4th Circuit State Attorney Melissa Nelson talked to press at City Hall Thursday. And as such meetings go, this one had myriad purposes. One such purpose: to discuss public safety spending in the new $1.27B city budget, passed Tuesday unanimously by the City Council. The other, more holistic purpose: to […]

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Duval County rolls out drivers license restoration program

Flags at half-staff for JSO officer killed in wreck

Rick Scott trumpets another record low state crime rate

Kim Daniels bills would mandate K-8 crossing guards, annual student evals in Duval

Reform-minded Democrat Tony Cummings enters Jacksonville Sheriff race

Federal funds OKd for Jacksonville body worn camera program

Reggie Gaffney raises $10K for Jax City Council re-election bid

Jax Councilwoman’s family biz to pay back city over busted eco dev deal

Jacksonville Sheriff, State Attorney talk Reggie Gaffney’s ‘Plategate’

Public safety – and reform – a big focus in Jacksonville’s new budget