Last year, JSO had a total of 15 officer-involved shootings.
is an example of what’s happening across the United States.
Within the first four months of this year, there have been five officer-involved shootings in Jacksonville. Three have resulted in officers being injured.Officer wounded in shooting outside Baptist Health South still in critical condition, but is stableAccording to Burton, two of those factors include the wrong people getting access to guns and the growing lack of respect for the men and women who put on the police uniform.
Burton said gun violence toward police is not isolated to Jacksonville. She also says certain factors play a major role in these dangerous and deadly encounters. Jacksonville is the largest city in the country when it comes to landmass. But much smaller in population compared to Los Angeles and Chicago, cities with police departments that are also experiencing a large number of officer-involved shootings.
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