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Appoint a Sheriff? ProLogic Take 2
Attention has turned to how Jacksonville selects its top Law Enforcement Officer. Past leaders, academicians and the media have all chimed in as the Charter Review Commission looks at a potentially thorny issue. Citizens too have raised concerns on how that post is filled and they seem to fear loss of control over an... »
Bad Cops Bill Has a Jacksonville Connection
Seems there's a story behind the story of the Bad Cops Bill - and this story has a Jacksonville connection. I was disappointed to learn recently that Sheriff John Rutherford was intimately involved in the negotiations of the compromise language of the Bad Cops Bill - the version that was ultimately passed by the Legislature. When the Sheriffs... »
Bad Cops Get Help From the Legislature
In a recent post on Jaxpolitics about the FOP's call to close the public's access to internal investigations, I referenced a bill (Senate Bill 624 by Fasano) that was before the Legislature that, among other things, would allow for police officers to corroborate their stories, i.e., get their stories straight, prior to investigation of incidents where two or more officers are involved. That... »
Cuba, FOP Grandstanding Again?
This morning's TU article on the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office internal investigations was certainly interesting. Nelson Cuba's "attitude" once again comes out with the statement "if they don't like it, we'll stop giving them a statement, and they can get over it." Cuba calls the Sheriff's statements "grandstanding", but it appears that the only person grandstanding on a consistent basis lately is Nelson... »
