Operation PIE, one of the last programs former Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford championed to slow down the violence among city youth, never really got out of the oven.
In fact, a key ingredient of the plan is illegal, officials said as they’ve tried to salvage Operation Prevention, Intervention, Enforcement.
The idea to target 100 specific youths who could possibly be headed for trouble involved providing information on minors to ministers who would try to steer them and their families in a better direction.