JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville residents will get a chance to sit down with local law enforcement and legal experts next week and ask questions about public safety, their rights and situations they may face with police.<\/p>\n
The Police & The People Forum and Dinner is happening Thursday, September 3, at the Farah & Farah Performance Studio in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and attorney Stephen G. Daniels will be part of the discussion, along with other community panelists.<\/p>\n
Shawn Knight, afternoon host on WOKV sister station HOT 106.5<\/a>, says people are encouraged to come with questions and concerns about what they are seeing in their communities.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a perfect opportunity for you to come out and voice your opinion, voice your concerns and get the answers that you want and get the answers that you need,\u201d Knight said.<\/p>\n Getting police and the community in the same room<\/p>\n The idea is pretty simple: get people in the same room, talk about some of the issues happening in Jacksonville and give residents a chance to hear directly from law enforcement.<\/p>\n Knight said the conversation is not about pointing fingers or placing blame.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are all coming together to talk and to find solutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Some of the topics will include DUI offenses, driving with a suspended license and family disputes that get out of control. The conversation will also cover the legal consequences that can come with those situations.<\/p>\n Parents are encouraged to bring their teenagers.<\/p>\n Knight said he hopes the event can help people better understand what to do in situations involving police while also giving law enforcement a chance to hear directly from the community.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to make sure that every voice is heard,\u201d Knight said. \u201cWe all want the same thing in regards to making sure our communities are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n The event is free<\/p>\n The Police & The People Forum and Dinner is free, but space is limited.<\/p>\n Dinner will start around 5:15 p.m., followed by the forum at 6 p.m. Knight and Wanda P will moderate the conversation.<\/p>\n People who want to attend can register HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n What: Police & The People Forum and DinnerWhen: Thursday, September 3Dinner: Around 5:15 p.m.Forum: 6 p.m.Where: Farah & Farah Performance StudioCost: Free; space is limited<\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen to Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News Interviews<\/a><\/p>\n [\u00a0Read more local news from WOKV<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and traffic app. And click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily 3 Big Things newsletter.<\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Jacksonville residents will get a chance to sit down with local law enforcement and legal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[153643,794,28,150416,116,118,117,153642,1415,1872,65191,795,349,277,153644,101443],"class_list":["post-383146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-community-forum","tag-duval","tag-florida","tag-hot-106-5","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-police-and-the-people-forum","tag-jacksonville-sheriffs-office","tag-jso","tag-know-your-rights","tag-ne-florida","tag-northeast-florida","tag-public-safety","tag-shawn-knight","tag-sheriff-t-k-waters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}