Drew DixonJune 24, 2020
3min536
Jacksonville police want more money and more officers, civil rights leaders say 'no way.'
Tag: JSORodney Guttman, image via University of West Florida.
Drew DixonJune 24, 2020Drew DixonJune 2, 2020
6min749
Protestors were met with a militarized police presence.
Drew DixonMay 30, 2020
4min826
Tear gas and flash bangs were used to disperse protesters.
Drew DixonMay 30, 20206min774
Smoke bombs and a scuffle with police turned the protest violent.
Drew DixonMay 30, 2020
4min723
Demonstration primarily is in response to George Floyd death, but will address local issues as well.
A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2018
4min444
Earlier this year, a suspect shot and killed Fang, a 3-year-old Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office K-9. The German Shepherd chased the suspect into the woods, and that was his last chase. A 9 mm handgun saw to that. JSO and the larger community grieved. And now, via area state Sen. Aaron Bean, a legislative remedy: A bill […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2017
7min372
As the office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry gears up to release its third budget, an interesting area of inquiry is the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. A real tension in Curry Administration planning in preceding years has been balancing an austerity-level city budget with the need to ramp up public safety. In 2016, some items were crossed […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2016
5min656
On Thursday, Patrol and Enforcement Director Michelle Cook of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, presented a “good news/bad news” scenario. As she told the Jacksonville Journey Oversight Committee, the good news is that the JSO “violence reduction strategy” is working in some of the city’s more crime-plagued areas. The bad news: violent crime is spiking elsewhere in […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2016
3min244
On Friday afternoon, as the worst of Matthew threatened his city with hurricane conditions through nightfall, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry briefed media and a home audience on the storm. At his last briefing Friday morning, the message was “hunker down.” In the afternoon, the message was similar. “We are in the middle of it, so my […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 26, 2016
4min235
A controversial bill (2016-489) moving $70,000 from council contingency for special events for each of the fourteen district council members got hung up in committees last week. Monday, bill sponsor Reggie Brown held a public notice meeting with council colleagues. And after that meeting, there may be a conceptual way forward. Brown, who represents Northwest Jacksonville, noted […]