The candidates running to become Jacksonville’s next mayor, Republican Daniel Davis and Democrat Donna Deegan, are offering different strategies to address the biggest issue people in the River City are facing: Crime.
, where they talked about how they would reduce crime, including reviving parts of an old program.
During that forum, Deegan mentioned funding 100 new officers for Jacksonville’s streets. Davis is planning on doubling that number. Both said they are open to bringing back, in some form, parts of the Jax Journey, which was a crime prevention program. It launched in 2007 and was funded by former Mayor John Peyton. Then the next mayor, Alvin Brown, worked with a smaller budget and reduced funding for it from 2011 to 2015.
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