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JSO Proposes Budget Increases For Cybersecurity, Patrol, Jails and Lots For Payroll

Williams holding a mic in front of City Hall
Claire Goforth

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has made a $513.8 million budget proposal to the Mayor's Office for 2022, and it's $29.2 million more than what the City Council approved for this year.

That increase includes $10.8 million more for its corrections division and an extra $10.8 million for its patrol division, Sheriff Mike Williams said.

There's $447,000 for new Taser holsters and cartridges, and $1.5 million to replace the city's old police station at 711 Liberty St., still used by some Sheriff's Office divisions.

Read the rest of this story from WJCT News partner The Florida Times-Union.