A new person in charge of Duval County Public Schools security, as new DCPS Police Chief Jackson Short was sworn in Thursday morning, alongside a new drug detection dog for DCPS: K9 Penny.
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As for Chief Short, he said at Thursday’s swearing-in he’s ready to build upon what he called a successful run by former DCPS Police Chief Greg Burton, who ended up having to step down from the position due to medical reasons.
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“Detection of the weapons early, you got to see our drug dog Penny today, the firearms detection dog [as well,] those are all new strategies that Chief Burton was working on and we’re going to continue to build upon those,” said Chief Short on Thursday.
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