It's alarming, it's scary, and I just would not want anyone else to go through this. Breaking news, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has unlocked a brand new superpower. Apparently, if you show up with a badge, you don't need a judge. You don't need paperwork. You don't even need the law. [Music] A Jacksonville woman says two JSO officers tried to evict her from her home, despite it being a civil matter. Because when I have a landlord-tenant issue, my first thought is always, "Someone call armed law enforcement." No eviction order, no warrant, no court ruling. But they showed up anyway, confident, bold, unbothered. Right now at 6:00, an I-Team investigation surrounding an alleged abuse of power by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. A Jacksonville woman says two police officers and a former corrections officer overstepped their authority this summer. It's alarming, it's scary, and I just would not want anyone else to go through this. That woman tells News4Jax the officers tried to illegally evict her from her home when she says they had no right to. >> Yeah, News4Jax I-Team investigator Khalil Mackock breaks down why this woman is speaking out now and combs through JSO's internal investigation. I have children here that's not on the lease. >> Shawna is showing me a video where you can see two JSO officers, Officer L.M. Moses and a J.M. Hubbard, walking through her former apartment this summer. Something she didn't like. She says the two were trying to illegally evict her. JSO was at the door basically telling me that it was illegal for me to be there, and that it was illegal for me to have guests in my home. And if we go back to this video, you see a woman walking with the officers. Shawna identified that woman as her former landlord. We're not naming her, but according to this pay stub Shawna found at her former apartment while living there, the landlord was a former JSO corrections officer. An email from JSO to me says in part, "An individual with the given name below was an employee whose service ended with JSO in October of 2022." Oh, and this part's important. The landlord? A former JSO employee. So, let me get this straight. JSO officers show up to help a former JSO employee try to remove a woman from her home without legal authority. What are the odds? No, really. What are the odds? Shawna says her landlord, who used to work for JSO, having two officers try to unlawfully evict her is wrong. >> Nope. I really believe that this was a an abuse of power. >> And Shawna says while officers Hubbard and Moses were at the apartment, she asked for them to call their supervisor to come to the home. Once the supervisor arrived, he put a stop to everything. And don't worry, JSO did investigate themselves. And they found some issues. The officers crossed the line, but don't panic. The punishment? Formal counseling. Not discipline, not retraining, not suspension. A conversation. Imagine if you tried to forcibly remove someone from their home without legal authority. You'd be in handcuffs, not a counseling session. And this is the part where we're told it's just a few bad apples. Again, for the 900th time. Police do not get to enforce civil disputes. They don't get eviction powers. And they definitely don't get to make it up as they go. And according to this document I received through a public records request, when the supervisor came to the home, he told Officer Moses to review JSO orders on evictions, saying we do not get involved with civil matters, and identifies that there is no lawful eviction here or valid court documents. Shawna complained about the situation, and after an investigation, the two officers were charged with failure to conform to work standards, which led to a formal counseling. This is just a discussion between a supervisor and employee, but not a discipline. Something Shawna says is unfair. The punishment didn't match to what they did. The why were they there? Why were they here using taxpayer dollars for a civil matter? News4Jax reached out to JSO asking why the officers didn't receive more discipline. JSO responded in part saying each officer received a formal counseling. This finding may not be considered grievable discipline, but is a part of the progressive discipline process utilized by JSO, and is meant to correct behavior. >> This is what abuse of power actually looks like. Calm, confident, routine. Not because the law allowed it, but because they knew nothing would happen. And they were right. Subscribe, share, and follow Thin Blue Lies, because accountability doesn't come from internal meetings.