Jacksonville Police Chief placed on paid leave

JACKSONVILLE – The City of Jacksonville administration office received an anonymous allegation against the Chief of Police, Joe Williams. Upon communicating this allegation to Chief Williams, he graciously requested to be placed on paid administrative leave until the conclusion of the investigation within 2-3 weeks in order to allow all voices to be heard without reservation.

The City believes that people are the priority. As such we have procured an outside party to investigate the allegation. In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, at this time, we are not able to disclose the details of the ongoing investigation.

Joe Williams has been the Chief of Police for the City of Jacksonville since January of 2020. He was placed on leave Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.