- High Springs Police Chief Antoine Sheppard was placed on indefinite paid administrative leave on June 23 amid an undisclosed investigation.
- Community members plan a July 7 prayer meeting and City Commission attendance to support Sheppard and demand transparency on the investigation.
Hundreds of local and regional community members are speaking out against the indefinite administrative leave of High Springs Police Chief Antoine Sheppard, issued last week, with many planning to attend a prayer meeting on his behalf before the July 7 City Commission meeting.
On June 23, City Manager Jeremy Marshall informed Sheppard that he had been immediately placed on paid administrative leave due to an investigation into complaints against him.
Details about the complaints have not been disclosed to Sheppard or the public, and the city will not comment on the matter because the investigation is active. The leave followed Sheppard’s defense of keeping his department as the City Commission considered eliminating it and the fire department in May…