Media Coverage

Print and National media:
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Police Work to ensure language is no barrier in Latin community
Feb. 23, 2009

Sheriff's Office honors Kids Foundation founder
Jan. 25, 2009

Year ahead: New efficiencies
Dec. 30, 2008

Fraternal Order of Police Children's Christmas Party
Dec. 3, 2008

$4 million jolt to city's Safe Streets
Oct. 31, 2008

Apartment Residents Rest Easier with Anti-Crime Plan
Sept. 9, 2008

Kids Aim to Take Back Town
Aug. 6, 2008

How an apartment complex cleaned up crime problem
July 19, 2008

Wearing seat belts saves lives
May 12, 2008

Apartments join process to get rid of troublemakers
March 12, 2008

Operation Safe Streets returns to fight crime
Feb. 1, 2008

Public Safety, Easy Budget Cuts (editorial)
July 7, 2007

Lessons Learned (editorial)
July 5, 2007

Police, fire budgets grow - a little
July 4, 2007

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Florida Sheriff Responds to High Number of Police Shootings
Friday, Nov. 14, 2008

Neighborhood Watch: Operation Safe Streets
Sept. 5, 2007

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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on the Cutting Edge
Aug. 14, 2008

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Mar. 13, 2009

NAACP Wants Investigation of JSO Shootings
Dec. 12, 2008

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First Coast Crime Stoppers Featured
May 18, 2008

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      Ortega rapist Person of Interest in custody
       July 13, 2009

      Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer receives Purple Heart
        Description: Police Officer Clifford Sames awarded
       Purple Heart during the May 2009 Sheriff's Meritorious
      Awards Ceremony
       May 28, 2009

Riot Arrests
March 16, 2009

Sheriff Rutherford Talks Tough on Gun Crimes
Feb. 9, 2009

Sheriff Neighborhood Walk
Jan. 31, 2009

Pal Toy Drive
Dec. 21, 2008

Police Shootings
12/10/2008

NAACP Wants JSO Investigated
12/10/2008

3 Crimes in 3 Minutes: Crime prevention tools you should use
Nov. 25, 2008

Communities Hold National Night Out Events
Aug. 6, 2008

Public Safety Announcement (video)
May 12, 2008

More Cops on the Streets (video)
May 12, 2008

Inside Eureka Gardens (video)
April 30, 2008

New JSO Equipment (video)
June 15, 2007

Jack Miller's Rant (video)
May 2, 2007

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Mother Wants Son's Bus Stop Murder Solved
Description: Members of the JSO Homicide Unit and Crime Stoppers held a news conference on July 15 in regards to the murder of Bilaal Kwame Shaw.
July 15, 2009

Sheriff Responds to Several Recent Firings
Description: Interview of Sheriff Rutherford in regards to the recent firing of four corrections officers.
July 15, 2009

Authorities Crackdown on Unlicensed Contractors in Jacksonville
Description:DBPR and JSO Contractor Sting
June 9, 2009

Local Katrina Responders Thanked at Reunion
Description: Three members of the Picayune, Mississippi Police Department thanked Sheriff John Rutherford for the JSO's response following Hurricane Katrina during a Picayune Reunion Party on June 1, 2009.
June 1, 2009

JSO Officer Awarded the Purple Heart
Description:Police Officer Clifford Sames awarded
Purple Heart during the May 2009 Sheriff's Meritorious
Awards Ceremony
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Boy Honored for Saving Woman from Overturned Car
Mar. 26, 2009

Sheriff Talks about Police Involved Crashes
Mar. 5, 2009

Monster Trucks Highlight Busy Saturday Downtown
Feb. 27, 2009

Eastside Neighbors Get to Know Thier Officers
Feb. 26, 2009

JSO and Community Working to Resolve Problems in Aftermath of Shootings
Feb. 11, 2009

Crossing Guard of the Year-Donna Hoffman
Feb. 5, 2009

JSO Hands out Employee of the Year Awards
01/15/2009

Christmas at the Duval County Jail
Dec. 25, 2008

JSO Delivers Christmas to Local Family
Dec. 18, 2008

JSO Defends Itself from NAACP Criticism
Dec. 12, 2008

JSO Officers Play Santa
Dec. 11, 2008

Horseback Officers Saddle Up in Arlington
Nov. 19, 2008

Local Kids Clean Up the Streets on National Night Out
Aug. 6, 2008

Program Helps Apartment Complexes Take Back Their Neighborhood
July 23, 2008

Fight Crime in Eureka Gardens: Save Our Streets (video)
July 22, 2008

New Crime Plan 40 More Police Trainees (video)
May 12, 2008

JSO Honors Eureka Gardens
March 13, 2008

Sheriff Wants Thugs Jailed or Run Out of Town
Jan. 31, 2008

New K9 Cops Take Final Exams
Jan. 17, 2008

Don't Run that Red Light
Aug. 2, 2007

Hidden in Plain Sight (video)
June 15, 2007

Six Wounded in Drive-by Shootings in Talleyrand
May 1, 2007

Shoot, Don't Shoot: JSO Gun Training (video)
Feb. 21, 2007

Sheriff John Rutherford Scores 6 Points for the Jacksonville Jam
Feb. 12, 2007

Sheriff Rutherford Reads the 9-1-1 Proclamation
Feb. 5, 2007

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Riot Video of Fired Officers Released
Description: Article and clips of the September 2008 riot for which four corrections officers were terminated from the JSO.
July 14, 2009

Spike in Crime Concern for Ortega Residents
July 13, 2009

JSO Hopes to Curb Teen Street Racing
Description: JSO re-launches the "Beat the Heat" Safety and Education program. Click here for more information about the program.
July 13, 2009

Picayune Police Thank JSO for Katrina Help
Description: Three members of the Picayune, Mississippi Police Department thanked Sheriff John Rutherford for the JSO's response following Hurricane Katrina during a Picayune Reunion Party on June 1, 2009.
June 1, 2009

77-Year-Old With Pepper Spray Takes Down Armed Robber
Date: April 30, 2009
Description: April 2009 Meritorious Awards Ceremony honors 77 year old woman who pepper sprayed a suspected robber.

Torch Run Kicks Off Special Olympics
April 21, 2009

S.T.U.D. Rally Aims to 'Stop Teen Underage Drinking'
Mar. 26, 2009

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Honors Heroic Teen
Mar. 26, 2009

Sailor Honored for Aiding Police Officer
Feb. 28, 2009

Sheriff Seeks Support On Officer Shootings; Resists Citizen's Review
Feb. 11, 2009

Sheriff Discusses Rash of Police Shootings
Feb. 9, 2009

Police Arrest Suspect in String of Southside Robberies
Jan. 21, 2009

Jax Sees Spike in Robberies in Low-Crime Areas
Jan. 16, 2009

Detective Shot In Face Named Officer of Year
Jan. 15, 2009

Jacksonville's Murder Rate Drops 9% in 2008

Slaying Victim's Family: NAACP Pointing Finger in Wrong Direction
Dec. 11, 2008

Crime-Fighting Program Targets Illegal Immigrant Felons
Sept. 19, 2008

Jacksonville Celebrates National Night Out
Aug. 6, 2008

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Sheriff: More Transparency needed
Feb. 11, 2009

First Coast Forum on Police Involved Shootings
Jan. 22, 2009

Sheriff Reports on Cost of Jailing Mentally Ill
April 29, 2008

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