‘Suspicious person’ approaching kids at Jacksonville Zoo not reported to police for nearly 24 hours: JSO

It took nearly 24 hours for a Jacksonville Zoo security supervisor to notify police that a “suspicious person” had approached two children at the Zoo, according to an incident report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.The JSO report, obtained by News4JAX on Tuesday, details the claims a Jacksonville mother made on Facebook, saying a man tried to kidnap her daughter during a field trip.According to the report, JSO was alerted around 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, by the Zoo’s security supervisor that the incidents had been reported to the Zoo the previous day.The supervisor said that around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, a man had approached two separate groups of children at the Zoo’s Play Park. He said Zoo staff were notified around 2 p.m. Friday.The supervisor said the first person who reported the suspicious person left the zoo before staff could get contact information for them.The second report came from a mom who said her daughter told her about the man, and then she and other pare