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City Council workshop on Jacksonville policing turns attention to citizen review board Many protesting last summer were ordinary citizens saying enough is enough. Here in Jacksonville, their call to end social injustice is being heard in City Hall. Author: Ken Amaro Updated: 6:07 PM EDT April 5, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Last summer, the police-involved deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery became the driving force behind street protests across the country. Many of those carrying placards were ordinary citizens saying enough is enough. Here...

Use of force training, citizen review boards discussed during City Council workshop Joy Purdy, 5:30, 6:30 & 11 p.m. anchor Published:  Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Members of the public had the opportunity Monday night via Zoom to weigh-in on how Jacksonville police are performing their duties. More than 60 participants discussed use of force training and citizen review boards. Of those participants was Dr. Poppy Fitch, a volunteer member of a citizen review board in San Diego, California. The board has been around for three decades. Fitch looked at statistics, comparing San Die...

Personal injury claims linked to CervicalCheck rise to over 260 Of claims received by the State Claims Agency, 31 have been concluded Cian O’Carroll, whose firm Cian O’Carroll Solicitors represented Vicky Phelan in the landmark CervicalCheck case in 2018, represents under half of the women who have taken legal actions. Picture: Collins Courts Sat, 03 Apr, 2021 - 12:43 Gordon Deegan The State Claims Agency (SCA) has received 263 personal injury claims arising from alleged misreading of slides by CervicalCheck. That is according to new figures provided by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly w...

A report the group released last week envisions floodwaters reaching buildings they currently can’t and spreading farther into many houses that now only get damp. The effect nationally will be that yearly financial losses from flooding may rise from about $20 billion today to $32.2 billion — a 61 percent increase — by 2051, according to projections from elaborate computer modeling. Florida will be front and center for those impacts, with First Street’s models estimating the state has more than a fifth of the country’s flood-exposed homes already. Local officials were already worryin...

A 'resilient' Jacksonville: Years, billions needed to defend the city against climate change 'Resiliency begins with keeping water out of our neighborhoods,' said Committee Chair DeFoor -- a simple goal that will require billions of dollars in investment. Author: Anne Schindler Updated: 8:48 PM EST February 25, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With 1,100 miles of navigable riverfront, 22 miles of beaches and 40 miles of Intracoastal Waterway, Jacksonville is home to some prime real estate. But those same waterways make the city uniquely vulnerable to sea level rise....