Alachua County Sheriff Emery Gainey sworn in
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Alachua County Sheriff Emery Gainey, who was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis following the resignation of former Sheriff Clovis Watson, Jr., was sworn in yesterday in a ceremony at Santa Fe College. Chief Judge Mark Moseley administered the oath of office.
During his remarks, Sheriff Gainey said he was “looking forward to getting to work and moving the Sheriff’s Office forward. Today marks a new beginning.” He encouraged Sheriff’s Office employees to “do great things for others, that you never anticipated that you could do, for purposes you never imagined, for people you never met, whose names you never knew. There are no limits to what you can do and what you can achieve if you set your mind to it and you put your heart to it. Always work hard to make a difference with someone or something other than yourselves, and do so without compromising your ethics, your spirit, or your honor.”
It’s been a while since Alachua County has had a real Sheriff. Now if the politicians.will leave Sheriff Gainey alone I truly believe he will restore trust in his employees and the public will be nice to see the county clean up maybe the city will take notice and see how law enforcement should be ran
Welcome to the jungle.
You’ve got a lot of work ahead of you but many of us know you’re not only up to it, but quite capable.
Stay safe and Godspeed.
Welcome home to Sheriff Gainey!
Frankly, we’d have been happy to see anyone replace Clovis but we are very fortunate that Gainey was selected. He has a reputation of being an ethical person and will be able to restore trust within the agency and relationships with our community as well as other law enforcement agencies (yes, Clovis wreaked havoc on those as well).
Let’s see if he can keep the panhandlers out of the street medians…All bums need to report to
Grace Marketplace or shut the bum magnet down.
Sorry, Bullwinkle, but that is a city problem. The SO is short of staff, as is the jail. Those gaps in the county infrastructure are more important than the bums tolerated by GPD and the Democrat politicians running the city.
I’ve read there are over 200 vacancies at the Sheriff’s Office (and about 13+ captains).
GPD is seriously understaffed as well. Just so you know. Actually most departments are short staffed due to the lack of support, serious state attorneys office and weak laws.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE OUR GOVERNOR GET ENVOLVED IN THIS COUNTY AND CITY, I THINK IT IS A GOOD CHANGE, AND, I THING GOOD THINGS WILL COME FROM IT.
Welcome back Emory. Sorry you have such a mess to clean up.
I believe good things will happen at ASO while you are Sheriff.