Let's Be Neighbors, So That We Can Be A Neighborhood

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office &
Neighborhood "Crime Watch" Information

Police Phone Numbers:
All emergencies are handled through the downtown dispatch office 911. Non-emergencies (crimes that have occurred, but no one is in a life-threatening situation) are also handled through the downtown dispatch office. Please call 630-0500. This is a 24-hour service - the substation is not.

103rd Police Substation: (904) 573-7620 - for non-emergencies not requiring immediate attention.

Substation Services
The 103rd substation, which is actually located at Wilson & Blanding, is strictly for non-urgent issues, eg., neighborhood complaints. They are located at 3726 Blanding Blvd. and their phone number is 573-3165. They are open Monday through Friday from 8am til 5pm. Here you can obtain crime reports, have background checks done, and get your fingerprints taken. These services are $5 each.

They are responsible for the westside area. Basically between I-10, the Clay/Duval county line and to the river. This area is known as Zone 4. Zone 4 is divided into 3 parts — J, K & L. We are in subsector "L". The Assistant Division Chief for Zone 4 is Mark Richardson. He is in charge for our entire zone.

Each month ShAdCo (Sheriff's Advisory Council) meets. There are 3 meetings, one for each sector. Sector J meets the 4th Tuesday of each month at the substation. Sector K meets the 1st Monday of each month, again at the substation. Sector L meets the first Tuesday of each month at 18065 Pennsylvania Avenue at the Maxville Community Center at 7pm. Officer Thadson suggests we go to Sector Ks meeting night. It's closer and has more people attending. The meetings start at 7pm and last for 1 hour. A city code enforcement agent usually attends the ShAdCo meetings. There is always a 15 minute presentation by Chief Richardson where he overviews the previous meetings complaints and how the department addressed them. There is then an 'open session' for new complaints. These meetings are orderly and progressive.

There are assorted Stop Stations in Zone 4. The Gate gas station is one of them. All this means, is that officers have a place in the vicinity of whatever they need to report to stop in, use the phone, the restroom, etc. There are no regular times for the officers to be there. Therefore, you cannot count on running to the Gate and finding a police officer at hand.

03/24/08 - Gang Activity

Our community has had a drastic increase in gang related activity. In the last two weeks fences and phone boxes and anything vertical has been tagged all the way from Rampart to Schindler. Today all of our mailboxes and electric boxes in the subdivision have been tagged. Last week the gentleman across from the park got into a confrontation of some sort, verbal, at about 1 a.m. with a 'tagger'. He has repainted his fence. One resident has pressure washed her sections of the Collins Road fence. We ask residents to please call the police number for the Gang Division: 630-2324. Detective Paris handles our area. The more complaints they get the more activity we are likely to see from our police officers. The Board also suggests that you call our Zone 4 patrol officers at 573-3165.

05/24/07 - Broken Windows, Criminal Mischief

I am Billy Rogers, own and reside at 8213 Pilgrims Trace Dr N.  Last night/this morning between the hours of 4 and 5 am May 23/24 a rock was thrown at one of our front windows resulting in a “spider web” crack starting at the center frame.  We did not see who perpetrated this crime but know the time because our dog became very excited and was barking. I called the JSO and filed a report on the crime. The Report Number is 463603. Perhaps the board could ask the JSO to perform more patrols and change the schedule of the off-duty patrols for early morning hours instead of the early night hours as they are now.

Thank you, Billy Rogers

Board Response:
TO: Neighborhood Patrol Officer
We've had several windows broken in the past 4 days. Besides this one, by the park and another on Pilgrim's Trace. FM: Mark Spring, SLPTHOA President

06/06/06 - Hit and Run

I would like to report a hit and run on June 5, 2006. My vehicle was parked in front of my house at 8168 Fort Lee Trail and when my husband got home he noticed shards of plastic from a head light on the ground and large indentations in my back passenger side fender as well as grazes on my tire. I would like to inform you of this so you can be aware of the people who come into the first culdesac of the neighborhood and do u-turns. I do realize there is nothing you can do as to my point of this email is to inform you of the situation. Hopefully this will not go un-noticed and may help other home-owners. Thank you.

Eryn Ware

05/04/06 - Notes from the Force

I am sorry to report that my good neighbor Michael had much of his business equipment taken from his garage late Sunday night. In the course of the conversation with the police officer (H.K. Lee), we were told to keep our garage doors closed. Too often the police find notebooks with details about the contents of homeowners' garages that the criminals obtained just by driving through neighborhoods in the daytime and then returning at night to take.