Take home cars out of county

[Swamp Fox]

What possible benefit could befall Duval taxpayers from allowing a plumbing inspector to drive his coj provided truck out of county every night?

Who at Payaton's office approved that? or did they?

[spidey]

I thought I had read somewhere that they were required to park it at the county line and drive their personal vehicle the rest of the way home....or something like that...

[Swamp Fox]

There's a plumbing inspector who is driving to Loch Rane in Clay county every night and parking at his house, I'm told.

[jbm32206]

Spidey, I recall hearing the same thing, about having to leave their cars at the county line....that's something to look into.

[Claude91098]

There are SEVERAL JSO police cars in St Johns County. The deputies live here.
I support the "Indianapolis Plan", but these cars are out of their jurisdiction, and crimminals know it...so what is the "deterrent" in their neighborhoods?

I agree, take home should mean within the county. If you live outside, no.
That would be an incentive for the government employees to LIVE in the county that they serve. This is true of all counties, not just Duval.

What, exactly, IS the law? Policy? Concerning this practice?

[Diane Melendez]

Swamp Fox, can you get a name or address for that care going into Clay County. If you don't want to post it, will you PM me with it?

[jbm32206]

There are SEVERAL JSO police cars in St Johns County. The deputies live here.
I support the "Indianapolis Plan", but these cars are out of their jurisdiction, and crimminals know it...so what is the "deterrent" in their neighborhoods?

I agree, take home should mean within the county. If you live outside, no.
That would be an incentive for the government employees to LIVE in the county that they serve. This is true of all counties, not just Duval.

What, exactly, IS the law? Policy? Concerning this practice?I've always supported what many cities, etc have in place (although not so much down here in the south)...if you work for the municipal and or county, then you should have to live in it.

[NotNow]

JSO deputies are allowed to drive their issued patrol vehicle home if it is within ten miles of the county line. This is the policy of the Sheriff. I am not familiar with other city department policies.

[spidey]

That's good info to know. Thanks for the share, Notnow. :)

[rpschutt]

The problem I have with a hard and steadfast rule about forcing someone to live in the county that they work for, is that not all counties have affordable housing. For example, if you are a single teacher (and/or police officer) living in Duval County making $40,000 annually, you are somewhat limited in the areas of town you can afford to live in.

On the other hand, Clay County and/or Nassau County could provide more affordable alternatives. Consider Collier County (Naples). It's a very wealthy county that suffers from a lack of affordable housing.

We've got to consider that before we draw a hard and steadfast rule in these cases. :)

(Did I just use the phrase "hard and steadfast" in the same post? I need to lay off the juice!)

[jbm32206]

With those points, I can appreciate why they don't have that rule...given that some counties aren't conducive to working and living in the same area.

[Claude91098]

The ten mile buffer seems "reasonable" to me.