T.K. Waters

Sheriff's T.K. Waters hosted his first town hall meeting to announce changes in patrol districts, which he said will improve interaction with the community.

Waters retained his job unchallenged for a full four-year term as the qualifying deadline for Duval County’s spring elections passed Friday.

Burton, a 24-year veteran of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, says she faced a difficult campaign after finishing second in November.

Sheriff T.K. Waters announced changes to the department's open data policy that includes quicker release of bodycam video of officer shootings and information on officer arrests.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters isn't waiting for the March election to impose a far-reaching agenda, with proposed changes to the city's patrol zone map that's been in use for two decades, along with a return to a model of community policing.

Waters became sheriff Sunday during a ceremony at Bible Believers Baptist Church in Mandarin.

Waters announced more than 40 new appointments to the staff who take over Monday.

After winning the special election to be Jacksonville's new sheriff, T.K. Waters has filed to run again just days before he is sworn in to his short term.

The poll by the Public Opinion Research Lab at the University of North Florida shows Republican T.K. Waters with 48% of the vote and Democrat Lakesha Burton with 43%. But 9% — enough to sway the outcome — said they did not know how they would vote or they did not answer.

The debate over whether a former sheriff's candidate traded his endorsement for a job got deeper and more confusing Friday.