Following the arrest of Josue Garigga, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters spoke with First Coast News about transparency and integrity at JSO.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office sent out a press release Wednesday acknowledging the arrest of former Gang-Unit officer Josue Garriga.
He was also part of a gang unit group chat, containing potentially biased texts and tweets. The group chats were investigated by JSO.You can read more about Garriga's history by clickingsat down for an interview with Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters to talk about Garriga's case and its implications for JSO overall. Our full Q&A is below.
The investigation process went through. They were cleared of any wrongdoing. As a matter of fact, I believe they called on -- the activists called on -- the Department of Justice to be involved. They did. Guess what they said? There was nothing illegal about what had taken place. So, you can't fire someone or remove someone from their job for not doing anything illegal, or doing anything wrong, no matter how hard it is to see.
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