In July of 2023, MPD expanded its Real Time Crime Center surveillance efforts. Now, Memphians are asking for more preventative measures than retroactive ones.
State shuts down troubled Jacksonville motel
Eight homicides, hundreds of Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office calls in area this year
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The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation ordered the emergency closure of the Gold Rush Inn on Harts Road, revoking the establishment’s license to operate, an aide for Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney said in a Wednesday email.
The city’s Office of General Counsel notified Gaffney and fellow Councilmember LeAnna Cumber, among others, about the emergency closure during a virtual conference call held earlier Wednesday to discuss the crime problem plaguing several of the city’s hotels.
Northside’s city councilman calls - again - for crime-plagued motel to be shut down
Eight homicides, hundreds of Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office calls in area this year
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – City Councilman Reggie Gaffney is renewing his call for the Gold Rush Inn on Harts Road to be closed after a shooting there on Sunday evening.
Gaffney calls it a hot spot for violence, drugs and crime. There have been more than 800 police calls for service at the day-rate hotel this year and many of eight fatal shootings on Harts Road this year are connected to the hotel.