‘Abuse of power’: I-TEAM digs into internal JSO probe after woman says 2 officers tried to illegally evict her

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville woman said she was terrified this summer when two officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office overstepped their authority and tried to illegally trespass her guest and evict her.

The two were eventually found by JSO to have “failed to conform to work standards.”

Shana, who asked us not to share her last name, asked the News4JAX I-TEAM to investigate after the officers were only required to undergo formal counseling with their supervisors, which is not considered to be discipline. Something Shana called an abuse of power…

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