"Since law enforcement agencies began partnering with citizens through community policing, we've seen significant drops in crime rates."
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Lt. Robert "Andy" Morgan - Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

Andy Morgan is a patrol lieutenant with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and has been with the agency since 1979. Lieutenant Morgan has worked as a correctional officer, a patrol officer, a police helicopter pilot, and a detective in the Inspections-Accreditation Unit.

He was a patrol sergeant, then as a lieutenant, was in command of the Community Oriented Policing Strategies Unit for two years before returning to patrol as a watch commander for five years. He is currently in command of the Aviation and Seaport Security Units .

Lieutenant Morgan has been involved with domestic violence issues for his department since 1996. He was his department’s representative on Jacksonville’s Domestic Violence Intervention Project and worked on that committee’s domestic mortality review from 1998 until 2003. He has visited other U S cities to observe model programs, developed the first threat assessment tool for use by his agency and was directly involved in the creation of Jacksonville’s multidisciplinary domestic violence response and investigative team, InVEST (Intimate Violence Enhanced Services Team) in a partnership with the local shelter, the State Attorney’s Office, and other city and service agencies. He has instructed domestic violence for his agency and was one of two Sheriff’s Office members to participate in an exchange with Jacksonville’s sister city, Murmansk, Russia, as part of the U. S. State Department’s Domestic Violence Project.

Lieutenant Morgan is also certified as a STAR (Small Town and Rural) Domestic Violence Instructor for the National Center for State and Local Law Enforcement Training, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.