The candidates running for sheriff said they are tired of all the gun violence.
Jacksonville saw five shootings in 10 hours over the weekend that left two dead and five injuredAlthough Jacksonville homicides declined last year for the first time in a decade, they are starting to increase again this year. New4JAX data shows Jacksonville has had 87 homicides so far in 2022.Jacksonville’s deadly violence trending upward in 1st half of 2022 -- but not where you might think“Unfortunately, this is becoming the norm,” said Democratic candidate Lakesha Burton.
“We need to push those 1,800 officers out there in those communities with a sustained presence,” Cummings said.Former Jacksonville officers Wayne Clark and Ken Jefferson said they would use data to cut down on violent crime.“I will work on the streets alongside my officers. We will saturate the high crime areas and what I’ll depend on is intelligence-driven data to take us to where we need to go,” Jefferson said.
Clark, who is also running as a Democrat, said when he was in charge of Operation Safe Streets in the’00s, he helped bring homicides to a 25-year low. He said he would put the same policies he used back then back in place now.“Using data, real-time street intelligence, using high visibility patrols, to make sure we had the officers visible in the community.
Republican T.K. Waters is a veteran law enforcement officer, who recently retired as the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s chief of investigations. He said the shootings this weekend show the need to continue to put officers on street and build partnerships with the communities. “Another thing we have to focus on is continuing to focus on our guns and our gangs. Guys that are out there that are committing these crimes, that we know who they are, we know where they are and we’re going to continue to focus our energy on those guys,” Waters said.The special election for sheriff is set for Aug. 23.
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