“You sir are a jerk go back to New York or California. Don’t come here with your (expletive) and (expletive) things up. I hope I see you out in jax beach it won’t be good for you.”
Jax Beach Volunteer Life Savings Corps could be dissolved due to labor dispute, former board president saysAccording to Jacksonville Beach Police Chief Gene Paul Smith, three days ago, Staffopoulos opened a Facebook message sent to his personal account. It had been dated April 9. That’s the day after News4JAX reported volunteer lifeguards would no longer be covering the beach.
Even though the name of the man who police say sent the threatening message is on the police report, News4JAX is not naming the man, but the police chief said that detectives met with him Sunday and that he admitted it was wrong to do and he knows not to do it again.While the chief said the man’s threat is not credible, it’s still a tipping point in the contentious debate stemming from the city’s recent conflict with the future of the Volunteer Life Saving Corps.
Earlier this month, News4JAX reported city leaders had been negotiating with a group of volunteer guards for months, but those talks ended after the city manager claimed some volunteers intimidated and harassed staff lifeguards. Volunteers have denied any harassment.“If that citizen threatens violence toward any member of the staff or institution in the city, they can definitely expect a knock on the door from this police department -- each and every time,” he said.
“There’s a plethora of them around his residence,” the chief said. “It is meant to send a message, in my opinion.”
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