Jacksonville community leaders celebrate progress with JSO
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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 Arlington Congregational Church in a show of support for what they view as progress with police-community relations.