ICARE said it has made progress on violence reduction and mental health initiatives with JSO but said it has not been able to meet with the Sheriff since April.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment held a community assembly meeting Monday night to update members about its progress on issues in the community. Including strengthening JSO's group violence intervention program to include more community partners.
"We really think that there’s movement on GVI we’ve heard the sheriff is talking to the national network and there’s some stuff happening in the background we don’t’ know exactly what it is but the sheriff is moving on GVI, and we expect our pressure is a part of it," Pastor Adam Gray of Riverside Church, said.
ICARE is still trying to get JSO to create an adult civil citation program, a pre-arrest diversion program. In April, Sheriff Waters told ICARE he was not in favor of the program. “This isn’t a red team/blue team thing this isn’t a politicized thing we try to find the solutions that are proven in other place to make our community better," Gray said. WTLV would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.
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