Hillsborough

Born: Plant City, FL, May 8, 1959
Spouse: Rhonda 
Children: Four
Church: Baptist

Brandon High School; BS in mathematics, University of Tampa; FBI National Academy, 195th Session; Secret Service Dignitary Protection School; Tampa Police Academy; law enforcement aviator, rated in fixed winged and turbine helicopters

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, 33 years: homicide investigator; supervisor, internal affairs, Public Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Deputy; elected Sheriff, 2004; re-elected, 2008 unopposed

Two Sheriff’s Office Distinguished Service Medals of Valor; Boys & Girls Club Community Hero Award; Tampa/Hillsborough Human Rights Council Award; Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, Kiwanis Club; awarded “Sheriff of the Year” by the National Crisis Intervention Team, 2007; recipient of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Patriot Award, deputized by U.S. Marshals Service; task force officer, Federal DEA; member, FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force; co-chair, Region 4 Domestic Security Task Force; chair, Attorney General’s Region 4 Gang Reduction Task Force; member, Chief Financial Officer's Medicaid & Public Assistance Fraud Strike Force; chairman, FHP Jurisdiction Subcommittee of the Governor's Law Enforcement Consolidation Task Force; board member, A Kids Place of Tampa Bay; board member, Hillsborough County Head Start Program; active member, Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches; former chairman, Brandon Boys & Girls Club; past security consultant, Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball