Jacksonville Florida ACPS Lies

10/31/2026

🐾📣 FLORIDA’S SHELTERS AND RESCUES NEED CONSISTENT PROTECTION AND REAL ACCOUNTABILITY!

We are advocating for the proposed Florida Animal Shelter Licensing, Inspection, and Professional Standards Act—a statewide framework covering government shelters, private shelters, rescues, and sanctuaries.

The proposal calls for:
✅ Statewide licensing and independent oversight.
✅ Quarterly unannounced facility inspections.
✅ Verified professional qualifications and veterinary oversight.
✅ Animal-care standards and accurate medical records.
✅ Accountability for animals placed in foster care.
✅ Stronger euthanasia safeguards.
✅ Public inspection reports and an enforceable complaint process.
✅ Protection for volunteers, fosters, and employees who report concerns.

A nonprofit designation, a fundraising appeal, or a government affiliation should never substitute for proof of proper animal care. Donors deserve accountability, and animals deserve protection after the pledges are collected.

📨 This effort has already generated at least 140 outgoing emails, including follow-ups—with 12 sent today. Outreach has included legislators, the Governor’s office, the Attorney General’s office, legal and animal-welfare organizations, and local community and political contacts.

This is a legislative proposal seeking review and support. It has not become law.

❤️ Please LIKE and FOLLOW each advocacy page separately, SHARE this post, and bring it into different shelter, rescue, community, and animal-welfare groups. Ask your elected officials to support consistent, independent oversight for shelters and rescues throughout Florida.

If anyone would like to review the advocacy pages and related materials, please send us a private message.

🐾 Every animal deserves humane care. Every shelter and rescue entrusted with animals should be accountable.
City of Jacksonville, Florida - Government
Ron Armstrong
Governor Ron DeSantis

10/29/2026

I’m sharing Jerry Conley’s story because Jacksonville still owes him answers. His miniature Australian Shepherd, Kobe, suffered injuries requiring a leg amputation after a neighbor’s German Shepherd attacked through an opening under their shared fence. Jerry has raised concerns because the neighbor’s son works for Animal Care and Protective Services.

Watching the recorded town hall hosted by Ron Armstrong, I heard that ACPS is backlogged for months. Thank you, Ron, for taking the time to listen. I wish our mayor and City Council would give these concerns that same attention.

But that explanation raises questions about the response Jerry describes: Sarah Duren and another officer reportedly came out, and the matter was effectively wrapped up within 24 hours, with no citations issued. How does that timeline fit with what residents were told about the backlog? What priority was assigned to this complaint, who made that decision, and what supported the outcome?

The City says it found no undue influence. Then please show the records explaining that conclusion—including the dispatch timeline, officer reports, communications, and any review of the employee’s family connection.

A fast response should be welcomed. What deserves scrutiny is whether the investigation was thorough, impartial, and handled under the same standards that apply to everyone else. Jerry and Kobe deserve a clear explanation, and the public deserves consistent treatment and transparency.
The son is Braeden Lane Carrena the Adoption Supervisor

10/29/2026

📣 This is how Mirza Pilakovic, the owner of Bold City Heating & Air, responded to me about his company’s donation to Abel’s rescue. Screenshot attached so you can read his words for yourself.

He says the rescue was selected through a drawing for a $1,000 donation and that he doesn’t know who they are. That explanation could have been delivered respectfully. Instead, he wrote, “I personally don’t give a f**k,” dismissed my concerns as “drama,” and demanded that I remove his company’s name and my post within 24 hours.

In my opinion, that response is disrespectful and unprofessional. Concerns about animal welfare deserve a civil conversation. You can disagree with me, explain your position, or ask me to correct something you believe is inaccurate without speaking to me this way.

What exactly is supposed to happen after 24 hours? That demand comes across as an attempt to intimidate me into silence. A charitable donation does not put a business beyond public questions, and profanity does not answer those questions.

People can read this exchange and decide for themselves whether this reflects the professionalism they expect from a business owner.

And Banjo is in Morgan’s
Bag !!!

10/29/2026

Bold City Air Conditioning deserves answers about the reported $1,000 it gave Abel’s Legacy. 💔 Supporting a rescue means trusting it to do right by animals and their families—and Christy is still fighting to get Banjo back while dealing with breast cancer and a double mastectomy. Morgan Davis, who is associated with Abel’s Legacy, filed stalking complaints against Christy and another person who shared location information reportedly available through Sunbiz. Those petitions were dismissed. In my opinion, this raises serious questions about the rescue’s judgment and accountability. Where did that donation go, and why hasn’t Banjo been returned? People who donate—and families searching for their pets—deserve clear answers. 🐾
Bold City Heating and Air
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
Queens Mustgather

10/29/2026

🐾💔 LET’S TALK ABOUT CHRISTY AND BANJO. 💔🐾 Christy was facing breast cancer and a double mastectomy—already fighting one of the hardest battles of her life. 🎗️🏥 On top of that, she was fighting to get her beloved dog, Banjo, home. 🐶🏡❤️ According to Christy’s account, Banjo was microchipped to her, went through Jacksonville Humane Society, and ended up with Abel’s Legacy. 🔎📋 Her efforts to get answers became tangled in stalking injunction proceedings that were later dismissed. ⚖️📣 Imagine facing cancer, losing the comfort of your dog, and then having to defend yourself in court while asking for him back. 💔🎗️🐾 And then Morgan had the AUDACITY to show up at Ron Armstrong’s town hall, sitting right beside Animal Care and Protective Services volunteers. 👀‼️ Watching the live feed, I found the behavior of some volunteers and people sitting with them rude, dismissive, and unprofessional toward people raising concerns. 📱🗣️ Telling someone to go “shovel sh*t” does not answer a single question about animal welfare. 🚫💩 Accountability does not require a volunteer application. You can advocate, ask questions, and demand better treatment of animals without working inside a shelter. 🐕📣🤝 What I wanted to hear was a respectful discussion—and answers. Where is the compassion for Christy? 🎗️❤️ Where is a clear explanation of how Banjo’s ownership claim was handled? 🐶📋 Why should anyone be made to feel intimidated for asking? ⚖️🔎 Showing up at a town hall does not resolve those concerns. Christy’s experience deserves to be heard, and Banjo deserves more than becoming the center of a dispute while the people who love him search for answers. 🏡💔🐾 We can support ethical rescue AND insist on transparency, respectful conduct, and serious efforts to reunite pets with their families. ❤️🤝📣 BANJO IS A LIFE. CHRISTY IS A PERSON. BOTH DESERVE COMPASSION. 🎗️🐶❤️ 🏡🐾 🎗️ ❤️ 🔎 📋

10/28/2026

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In partnership with Animal Care & Protective Services and City of Jacksonville, Florida - Government EveryPet is offering qualifying Duval County residents FREE spay/neuter surgeries for their cats and dogs.

What’s included?
🐾 Free spay or neuter surgery for up to six pets per qualifying household each month
💉 Free rabies vaccination

Who qualifies?
📍 Duval County residents who meet income guidelines or participate in qualifying public assistance programs. You must provide proof of eligibility, a valid ID, and proof of residency.

Ready to get started?
-Complete the online application and see if you qualify at https://www.everypet.org/spay-jax/
-Call 904-425-0005 to schedule your pet’s appointment
-Bring your pet and required documentation on surgery day.

Let's help keep pets healthy and prevent unwanted litters! 💚

10/28/2026

Is it customary for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to deploy gang units and point AR-style ri**es at people’s heads during a search-and-seizure operation involving a cat colony?

Photographs from the incident are available on our page. Although no arrests were made, the presence of heavily armed officers—including gang units—raises serious questions about the level of force used and whether it was necessary or proportionate to the circumstances. What specific threat justified officers pointing ri**es at people who were not arrested? Were those individuals given clear instructions, and were they complying?

We are also asking what role Chief Bricker played in authorizing, directing, or overseeing this operation. To many community members, this appears to be another case of Chief Bricker defecting from the principles of transparency, accountability, and constitutional policing. If that characterization is inaccurate, the public deserves a clear explanation of what happened and why these tactics were considered appropriate.

We are calling for the release of all body-camera footage, dispatch recordings, incident reports, search-warrant materials, and any policies or directives that governed the operation. The public deserves to know why gang units were involved, who approved their deployment, what threat assessment was conducted, and whether less aggressive alternatives were considered.

A search warrant does not place law enforcement above the Constitution. The presence of a warrant does not automatically justify pointing ri**es at people’s heads, particularly when no arrests were made and there is no apparent indication that anyone posed an immediate threat. These events raise serious concerns about excessive force, intimidation, and possible civil-rights violations.

We are asking the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Chief Bricker to provide answers—not excuses—and to ensure that this incident receives a full, independent, and transparent review.
Animal Care & Protective Services
Mayor Donna Deegan

10/27/2026

10/27/2026

Watching the live feed of last night’s meeting with Ron Armstrong, it was encouraging to see so many people show up to be a voice for the voiceless. Thank you to Ron for allowing people to raise valid concerns, taking notes, and recording the discussion. But several things stood out—and not in a good way. A sizable group of ACPS volunteers and supporters attended, and some responses to people speaking up came across as intimidating, even through the live feed. At one point, a man identified as volunteer Ellen’s husband shouted, “Why don’t you go with her and shovel sh*t?” Advocacy does not require hands-on volunteering inside a shelter. Speaking out, documenting concerns, requesting records, and demanding accountability are all forms of advocacy. Nobody has to clean kennels to earn the right to question a taxpayer-funded department. That volunteer also indicated he had attended the previous town hall. I cannot speak to his behavior at that meeting, but what I heard during this live feed was troubling enough. Ron even had to intervene and remind everyone that this was supposed to be a safe place. Morgan from Abel’s Rescue was also there, which raised further concerns for me given the public controversy surrounding Banjo and the disputed stalking allegations involving the dog’s owner and another person who spoke up online. In my view, that history makes it especially important that people can raise concerns without feeling targeted or intimidated. When criticism is met with hostility, it reinforces the very concerns about accountability that brought people to the meeting. We also heard that Jacksonville has only ELEVEN animal control officers. If accurate, how is that adequate for a city this size? In my opinion, we should be discussing staffing closer to 50 and demanding a serious assessment of what Jacksonville actually needs. Michael Bricker, how many positions are funded, how many are vacant, and why is retention a problem? Are workplace conditions contributing? Another concern was hearing a young woman identify herself as an animal control officer while saying she had not yet started the training course. Florida Statute § 828.27(4)(a) requires county-employed animal control officers to complete an approved 40-hour course, and § 828.073 identifies certified officers among those authorized to exercise certain neglect-related seizure and care-order powers. ACPS should explain what duties employees perform before certification, who supervises them, and what authority they exercise. There was also discussion of the stray hold being reduced from seven days to five. If that accurately describes the change, how does giving families less time to reclaim their animals help reunite pets with their owners? In all fairness, the person who most needed to be there was someone representing ACPS administration or upper management—someone authorized to explain policies, answer staffing questions, and commit to changes. Volunteers can share their experiences, but residents also deserve answers directly from the people making the decisions. From what I could see on the live feed, that leadership was missing. Bricker, the public deserves an administration willing to show up, listen, and answer difficult questions. The animals need action, and the people speaking for them deserve respect.
Animal Care & Protective Services
Mayor Donna Deegan