A Jacksonville police SWAT officer was fired after showing up drunk at a gun range. Now he's getting his job back.
Officer Nicholas Gifford will return to work after being fired when he came to a gun range with a blood alcohol level four times the legal limit
3 February 2022
A SWAT officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office who admitted drinking a fifth of vodka just hours before driving his police car to a gun range for firearms training will keep his job, despite the agency's decision to fire him. Officer Nicholas Gifford was terminated by the Sheriff's Office in October after he showed up to the city's gun range with a blood alcohol level four times the legal limit. But two months later, the city’s Civil Service Board ordered the Sheriff's Office to reinstate him, saying the firing was “manifestly unjust.” As a result, Gifford will retain his $71,000-a-year ...
A Jacksonville police SWAT officer was fired after showing up drunk at a gun range. Now he's getting his job back.
Despite objections from JSO, officer Nicolas Gifford will return to his $71,000-a-year job after a city board ruled that his termination was unjust.
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