JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Much of a police traffic stop happens long before drivers spot those blue lights flashing in their rearview mirrors.
That’s what I learned when News4JAX photojournalist Jesse Hanson and I recently rode along with Officer Timothy Prince, a Traffic Patrol Officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Prince, a 12-year JSO veteran and former detective, gave us a behind-the-scenes look at how police target problem areas on the roads to try to prevent serious crashes…