Paula Gerding News Today

A new Florida law will go into effect next year aimed at improving relations between police and people with special needs or mental illness.

"Its a sad day for everybody involved ... Obviously, every day but especially on Christmas, wed hope for a better outcome," an official said.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is currently looking for a missing endangered woman on Jacksonville's Southside.

The overnight search for a missing woman with Alzheimers ended at a Jacksonville high school Christmas Day. Paula Gerding, 82, was found dead.