A police officer in Jacksonville, Florida, is being praised for his courage and quick-thinking in pulling a woman from a burning vehicle after a carjacking led to a fiery crash on February 8. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, a man identified as 34-year-old Richard Younger allegedly carjacked a vehicle that had a baby in the backseat and drove off. Officers located the stolen vehicle a few streets away, but as they attempted to stop the suspect, he crashed into another car, causing

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 We all want our community to feel safe, and Connect Duval is one way we make that happen. Officer Michelle Wittrock and the team at our Real Time Crime Center work with neighbors and local businesses. Registering your camera doesn’t give us live access. It just lets us know it’s there and allows us to request footage if something happens nearby. Have a business? In that case, you can integrate your camera system so we can have

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓: 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌 𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐆 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 4 felony arrests. 22 guns seized. More than 1,000 grams of illegal drugs removed from the streets. This is Operation Red Light. Throughout 2025, our Gang Investigations Unit completed a long-term investigation into known members of the gang Out East 1200. Over the course of several months, our detectives built cases against several members,

𝐉𝐒𝐎 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters announced the arrest of a JSO police officer. On Wednesday, Officer Christian Madsen was arrested on one count of Grand Theft, one count of Organized Fraud, and one count of Official Misconduct, all third-degree felonies. Upon his arrest, Madsen was immediately suspended by JSO. His police authority has been revoked. While there is due process that must be followed through civil service, JSO will seek Madsen’s termination. O