The director of the Duval County Public Schools Police Department has resigned.
Micheal Edwards submitted his resignation on Sunday and it became effective Monday, according to WJCT News partner News4Jax, which cited a Monday school district announcement.
Edwards’ resignation comes a little more than a month after a statewide grand jury studying school safety pointed sharply to the Duval County school district as an example of how not to handle crime reporting.
The grand jury report accused the district of underreporting crimes and gang activity happening inside its schools.
The grand jury report called out the Duval County School Police Department and the district’s administration for policies the grand jury said artificially reduced crime statistics by allowing “administrators without any legal training” to decide whether a crime is a “petty act of misconduct.”
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