JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer faces charges of battery and false imprisonment involving a domestic violence victim has been the subject of numerous internal investigations in the past, according to documents provided by JSO.

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John C. Burgos has been stripped of all police authority, suspended without pay and will be fired, Director of Personnel and Professional Standards Brian Kee said during a news conference Thursday announcing his arrest.

Burgos’ arrest report said that after conducting a domestic violence investigation that led to the arrest of the victim’s boyfriend, Burgos returned to the scene of the crime, still acting as a law enforcement officer. The arrest report said during the exchange, at one point, Burgos stopped the victim from leaving and touched her without consent.

A look at Burgos’ history of administrative investigations indicates several incidents where Burgos faced disciplinary action following seven separate investigations.

The documents, which do not go into detail, show that in 2020, Burgos was in two separate officer-involved vehicle crashes. In the previous incident, he received informal counseling and remedial training. In the subsequent investigation, he received formal counseling and remedial training. He was involved in another accident in 2023.

In 2021, Burgos was also the subject of a citizen complaint for obscenity, the documents show. He also faced an internal complaint in 2022 for a secondary labor violation. For these incidents, he received both formal and informal counseling.

Then, in 2022, he received a written reprimand for failing to meet labor standards. He was cleared of a charge of obscenity.

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Most seriously, another internal complaint was received in 2022. Allegations listed as part of the complaint included weapons policy violations, failure to meet labor standards and incompetence. It was found that a misconduct related to the allegation of truth was not sustained. For those incidents, the report shows Burgos received a more serious written reprimand.

“We take our internal investigations very seriously,” Kee said. “And if one gets worse, then it involves progressive discipline until termination. So he never did anything to get fired, but he certainly worked towards it and was monitored by his supervisors.”

News4JAX Crime and Safety Analyst Tom Hackney has worked at JSO for more than 30 years, many of them as a supervisor.

“The sheriff’s office makes a strong effort to look for these types of violations, to have these types of officers really keep an eye on them, to make sure these things don’t happen,” Hackney said. “It is an absolute disgrace and criminal that this happened to this victim.”

Hackney explained the challenges that can come with firing officers with multiple disciplinary questions.

“There are union protections,” Hackney said. “The officers who are members of the union. Between the contractual obligations between the FOP union and the sheriff’s office, the city of Jacksonville, some of the job protections they have are good things. Absolutely good stuff. However, sometimes they can be a hindrance to weeding out that bad apple.”

Burgos made his first court appearance Thursday afternoon. His bond was set at $30,000. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim and to wear GPS monitoring.