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Jacksonville community leaders celebrate progress with JSO Published:  Updated:  Tags:  File photo of Sheriff Mike Williams and State Attorney Melissa Nelson at a community meeting JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An interfaith group of Jacksonville community leaders is celebrating a pledge from Sheriff Mike Williams, whom the group says has agreed to more discussions about how police respond to mental health crises and alternatives to arrests for minor crimes. The group — Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment, or ICARE — made plans to gather Tuesday evening at Arlingto...

State attorney says she will work with faith groups, sheriff to develop adult civil citations program Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Duval County is now one step closer to implementing adult civil citations in place of arrests for some nonviolent crimes. State Attorney Melissa Nelson voiced support for the proposal during a virtual meeting Monday night with Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment (ICARE). Members of 38 religious congregations in Duval County that make up ICARE invited Nelson and Sheriff Mike Williams to attend with hopes that both would go o...