JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On Thursday morning, a man died in a crash off Pinebrook Dr. South after the truck he was in overturned and he was trapped beneath it.
The crash marked the 105-traffic death of the year. This time last year there were 139 traffic deaths according to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Transparency Portal.
To cut down on deaths and dangerous road habits, Jacksonville Sherriff’s Office recently launched a new series on social media called “Bad Traffic.”
In it, you see officers from the patrol unit interacting with the public, educating them on what they should and shouldn’t be doing on the roads.
One of them is Officer Dylan Bostick.
He said doing this helps give people a glimpse into what they do and helps them improve officer-resident interaction.
“I always try to be as transparent as possible,” Officer Bostick said. “I pride myself on being able to give them the best interaction that I can.”
Chief Jaime Eason said a part of this new series being on social media is JSO wants residents to be involved.
People can comment locations under the post that they’d like to see patrolled or where they notice problems and the traffic unit will go check it out.
Under the first post of the series, people were already doing this.
“The sheriff is focused on communication and the public and he wants to hear what they have to say, Chief Eason said. “He does listen. And yesterday we had people say can you come to this area or this area that we probably wouldn’t have paid attention to, and there’s people out there we have to listen to them. And that’s what were going to do.”
The first episode of the series also touches on the move-over law something Chief Eason said is important to always let people know about because it helps save lives.
She also mentioned next year JSO will have more officers on the street for patrol.
And JSO says if you give them different locations to patrol, those could be locations where they shoot their next episode.