T. K. Waters (born December 8, 1970) is an American law enforcement officer and politician serving as the 7th sheriff of Jacksonville since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he is one of five Black sheriffs currently serving in the state of Florida, as of 2025.[2]
Waters joined the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in 1991 as a corrections officer. He graduated from the Police academy in 1993 and became a patrol officer.[3][5][4][1] 1991 - 1993 Corrections officer 1993 - 1996 Patrol officer 1996 – 1998 Narcotics Officer/Detective 1998 – 2001 Patrol, Task Force, Traffic Officer 2001 - 2002 Sergeant Patrol 2002 - 2005 Sergeant Traffic Enforcement 2005 - 2015 Sergeant Homicide 2015 - 2019 Assistant Chief 2019 - 2022 Chief of Investigations[5][1]
Waters retired from JSO with over 30 years of service in July 2022 in order to run for Duval County Sheriff.[3]
Election
Mike Williams served as Jacksonville sheriff from 2015 until his retirement in June 2022 after local news reported that Williams no longer resided in Duval County as required by city charter. Florida Governor DeSantis appointed undersheriff Pat Ivey as interim sheriff until a special election could be held.[6] Ivey declined to be a candidate in the election and no one received more than 50% of the vote, so a runoff was held coinciding with the regularly scheduled elections in Florida. T.K. Waters ultimately won the race with 55% of the vote compared to Lakesha Burton's 45%.[7] Waters was sworn in on Sunday, November 20, 2022.[3] Sheriff Williams' original term ended in 2023 and Waters was unopposed in the spring 2023 election.[8]
Personal life
Waters married his wife, Robin Brown, in 1998. She works at the State Attorney’s Office as an investigator after retiring from JSO as a Detective. The couple have three children: Kevin, Jourdan and Tommy, who passed away in 2018.[3][9] The family are members at Bible Believers Baptist Church in Mandarin.[1]
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