Jacksonville: The Next Detroit?

[raheem942]

well i can still sleep at night and im black so big whop white people chill out.......brig jobs to the area and the crime rate would drop .

[JeffreyS]

well i can still sleep at night and im black so big whop white people chill out.......brig jobs to the area and the crime rate would drop .

Jobs and better schools.  The jobs look like the port may be perking that up but though the years we have had low unemployment here people need good schools for neighborhoods to flourish over time.

[MajorCordite]

Michael Bloomberg in town to help reduce illegal guns?   LMAO!   So, how is he going to do that?   He truly wants to get rid of all the guns and then only the crooks would have guns.   Mr. Bloomberg and his money is the last person I would consult with.   (this post is over a year old maybe somebody will pick the thread backup again.)

Pour more and more money into government projects and you will just multiply the problem.   The price of stamps keep going up and the USPS service is still declining. Fedx and UPS are 20 times more efficient.   30 years with Amtrack--how are they doing? 

[Sportmotor]

So eventually

I can say I am from Jacksonville and I will have "street cred"?

[buckethead]

Problem: High crime.

Solution: Carry firearms at all times; shoot to kill.

[Sportmotor]

Problem: High crime.

Solution: Carry firearms at all times; shoot to kill.

Well...if everyone had a firearm on them, or you treat people like they do... You are going to be less likely to want to rob someone or act like a jackass or pick a fight.

or

just start to initiate sterilization on all the stupid people and hope that their bloodline stops with them

[heights unknown]

Jacksonville:  The Next Detroit?

How appalling to even think of such a thing.  Y'all need to be shot.

"HU"

[Ernest Street]

Does that mean we will start having our own "Devils night"?

[thelakelander]

and.....

our own new light rail system...


a new commuter rail line


or increasingly vibrant downtown core




If we stop hiding behind the mask of consolidation, we'll find that our urban core is just like Detroit's, except we're still wishing for the extra bells & whistles mentioned above.

[Bewler]

Problem: High crime.

Solution: Carry firearms at all times; shoot to kill.

Really? The article said homicide has already been one of our biggest problems.

Jacksonville:  The Next Detroit?

How appalling to even think of such a thing.  Y'all need to be shot.

You’re just being hilariously ironic right?

[duvaldude08]

I have a question.

I am from Gainesville, a small town that has (3) police forces: Alachua County Sheriff's Office, City of Gainesville Police, and University of Florida Police. Now, for a city the size of Gainesville, that's an awful lot of overlapping police jurisdiction.

So my question is, do you think the fact that Jacksonville has one police department for every square inch of Duval County MAY in fact hinder their effectiveness? With Gainesville as an example, each police force focuses on their area of jurisdiction, whether it's campus, the city limits or rural outlying areas. In Jacksonville, that obviously can't happen since there's no one but the JPO.

It just seems to me that , in a city that covers this much area and has so many poor and crime ridden neighborhoods, there needs to be more than one police department. It just doesn't make sense to me.

you know I actually was talking to friend about this the other day. I feel that Jacksonville Sheriff's office just isnt enough. We are the largest city (land wise) in the Continental United States, have a pretty large population (800,000 +) and we have the least amount of police on the streets because of that. And with more budgets cuts on the rise, thats going to get worse. I think we just don't have enough police to spread around.

And also being that fact that the police department is so afraid, if you get pulled over for speeding, two other cop cars are going to pull up, when they could actually be out doing something productive. I think there are alot of factors that play into our crime rate.

[Starbuck]

Just a couple of technicalities, but I know that you want to get it right.

Recently Fairbanks annexed enough land area to replace Jacksonville as the largest city in land mass.

In addition to JSO, Duval Co is also patrolled by officers from Neptune Beach PD, Jacksonville Beach PD and Atlantic Beach PD, not to mention the Coast Gaurd, National Park Service, FWCC and a few other law enforcement agencies. Baldwin went under contract with JSO just recently.

[tufsu1]

Recently Fairbanks annexed enough land area to replace Jacksonville as the largest city in land mass.

which is why the term "continental US" was used....I know that Alaska is still on the continent, but most people think of it as only the lower 48

[JC]

Laura @ Forsyth

I was thinking about this thread walking back to the car and shot this today, rather sad!