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Residents and former chief urge council after removal of Jacksonville police chief
Summary
During citizen participation, resident Scott Brewer and former Police Chief Joe Williams urged the City Council to address Williams’s recent removal and praised the department’s work over the past five years.
Scott Brewer, a Jacksonville resident, urged the City Council to reinstate Joe Williams after the former police chief’s removal and to avoid a protracted search for new leadership.
Brewer said he had worked with Williams and credited a subsequent, short-term heavy police presence for cleaning up criminal activity at the city beach. “I chose to be part of the solution,” Brewer said, noting he personally helped clean the shoreline and participated in Community…
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