Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," learn how a Fort Myers man was jailed after an AI tool used by police misidentified him as a culprit in a crime he did not commit. Now, he's suing.

The State Attorney’s Office previously ruled Officer Donald Bowers acted lawfully during the incident. On Friday, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office released results of its internal affairs investigation.

The civil rights attorney says the recent arrest of a Jacksonville mother illustrates a pattern of violent arrests by deputies against Black citizens for minor traffic infractions.

A memo from the state attorney says Will McNeil's dash-top video that was posted on social media five months after the encounter was "incomplete in its scope" and "does not tell the whole story."

Will McNeil Jr. said he is still recovering from injuries suffered when he was punched by deputies, who are seen on video forcibly removing him from his car in February.

The footage shows William McNeil Jr. asking to speak to a supervisor when deputies broke his window, punched him in the face, pulled him from the vehicle, punched him again and threw him to the ground.

The ordinance also directs $76,250 in unused Economic Development Grant money for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to add fingerprint scanners to check the immigration status of someone suspected of crime.

The legislation would also help the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office buy 25 fingerprint readers to help enforce new federal and state immigration measures.

The family of Dexter Barry lists the Jacksonville sheriff as the defendant in a case that spotlighted care provided by the jail's former health care provider, which has since filed to sell its assets and debts.

Armor was notified that the violations were a reason for changing providers. Meantime, the jail's similarly flawed replacement came “highly recommended” by the Hillsborough sheriff’s office, the sheriff says.

The National Commission on Correctional Health Care warned the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office three months ago that the jail's medical care was deficient.

The Duval County jail will cut ties with Armor Correctional Health Services after a former inmate died. The new provider, NaphCare, also has raised questions.