JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office cut the ribbon on its new headquarters on Riverside Avenue, where the agency says expanded facilities and technology will help officers respond faster to emergencies.<\/p>\n
The move to the Florida Blue building ends the agency\u2019s time at 501 East Bay Street, its home since 1977. Current and former sheriffs and lawmakers attended the ribbon-cutting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe morale for the agency is tremendous since we moved to this place,\u201d Sheriff T.K. Waters said.<\/p>\n
Strategic Communications Executive Vic Micolucci led Action News Jax through the facility. It includes a new public services building for police reports, recruitment, fingerprinting and polygraph services.<\/p>\n
Other features include a strategic communications floor, a dedicated briefing room for the sheriff, an expanded 911 command center and a new Real Time Crime Center.<\/p>\n
Officer Ligget demonstrated how the command center operates a fleet of drones to respond to emergency calls. The drones give JSO an aerial view of what officers are approaching, helping bridge the time between a report and their arrival.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy getting eyes in the sky\u2026 that allows us to de-escalate and not use as much force,\u201d Ligget said.<\/p>\n
JSO says the tools inside its new headquarters are built with one goal: getting to you faster when you call.<\/p>\n
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