Alachua County Sheriff’s Office welcomes Sheriff Chad Scott back
Staff report from Alachua County Sheriff’s Office social media post
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Sheriff Chad D. Scott has dedicated over three decades to serving Alachua County through a distinguished law enforcement career. A lifelong resident of the county, Sheriff Scott was born at Alachua General Hospital and raised in Newberry, where he learned the importance of community values and hard work. After graduating from Newberry High School, Sheriff Scott earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Bethel College in Kansas.
In 1990, Sheriff Scott began his career at the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, where he served with distinction for over 17 years. Starting as a midnight-shift patrol deputy, he quickly gained a reputation for dedication and integrity. He worked as a School Resource Officer at Newberry High and Oak View Middle School, where he coached football, counseled students, and helped establish a Criminal Justice program that later became a successful magnet program. Sheriff Scott’s leadership continued to shine in the Patrol Division, Special Operations, and Criminal Investigations Division. As a SWAT team member and supervisor in Special Operations, Sheriff Scott implemented innovative drug enforcement programs and secured grants that enhanced the department’s capacity to combat narcotics. His tireless work ethic earned respect from colleagues, community members, and partner agencies alike.
After serving as Chief of Police in Alachua from 2014 to 2022, Sheriff Scott returned to the Sheriff’s Office as the Major of Operations and was promoted to Colonel, overseeing critical areas like patrol, investigations, and community outreach.
On November 5, 2024, Sheriff Scott was elected as Sheriff of Alachua County. The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is honored to welcome Sheriff Scott back home!
Chad Scott = Clovis Watson
What a mistake.
Don’t forget about his double dipping (ie Theft) that got him fired from ASO by Sadie Darnell.
All of $300 in 3 years?! Mistake but not a dip, don’t you think!? Made restitution and was not indicted. Read the facts.
Wasn’t he fired in 2007 from ASO for falsifying time sheets?
He sure was. And there were other things.
Like being at the scene when ACSO arrested the drug dealer who sold the drugs to Chad’s son that killed him. And the dealer was badly beaten up before he made it to the jail, so badly that they had to take him to the hospital.
Don’t get me wrong. I understand the impulse for Chad wanting to hurt the dealer. But an officer of the law, much less a sheriff, should be better than that.
His time in office will likely be as brief as Clovis’.
In this county? Don’t count on it.
Keyboard warrior. Don’t hide behind your name. It would be nice to know who you are so we can know who to name in the defamatory lawsuit. I have a pretty good feeling who you are. False claims ring a bell??? Those that live in glass houses shouldn’t cast stones.
If you are an African American male in the United States, it is dam if you do and you are damn if you don’t. Let this man do his job before you start casting stones.
Seems like one of the few reasonable comments on this thread. No matter what he did, or didn’t do in the past, he IS the Sheriff of Alachua County now and I will support him until given reason not to. Your post doesn’t just apply to African Americans either. All of us, of all colors, have been caught up in those dammed if you do and dammed if you don’t situations. Good people, we need to pull together to make this county and the world a better place.
Well spoken. It is not about race or anything, it is about everyone being united and trying to work together. Re-hashing a person past is not going to make the present and future better. We all have fallen short in some areas of our lives but whom are we to judge.
What about those that live in mud houses? Should they be slinging mud? Identify yourself and stop portraying as disgusted.Apparently you are disgusted for being a coward. Truth cuts like a two-edged sword. Identify yourself so the current sheriff can seek legal recourse.
Um he was fired by Darnell for falsification of time worked. (Theft) charges were forwarded to SA for prosecution. That is public record. Even though the records of details were destroyed some paper is still around.
Why don’t you identify yourself and stop being disgusted?
No worse than our president so please keep that energy
Were you there? Not a good thing to say unless you were. Why bring up such a sad personal incident.
Re. Time sheets- $300 in 3 years!
Accident not fraud. Don’t you think?! That’s it for his 20 years?!
What are you tge under sheriff. FDLE should have yanked his standards or put him on the untruthful list. People butch about thieves all the time and that is what he did. Received money by deception. If another county official would do it everyone would scream corruption and charge em. He is a cop. If you can’t have integrity you should not be a cop.
Jan 6 should we say more 34 felonies give it a break
What? Only a five star sheriff?
Most sheriffs are happy to over glorify themselves with four stars.
Come on Clovie v.2.0, you got to be the first Six star sheriff. Grow that ego, bro! Show you outrank the Original Clovie.
1 more star than the previous sheriff. A clear upgrade!
Sadie was happy with one star. Clovis quickly stopped wearing the Third World uniform with its five stars and had a sports coat instead.
The haters are out in full force. Just retire like your buddies just did.
It will be interesting to track the retirements and resignations over the next couple of months.
I have no dog in the fight but am aware that there have been multiple retirements filed for this month and next…
Yes ASO’s staffing is about to get hit with an exodus of Deputies and civilian staff in 2025. Some are “gonna give him a chance” but the writing is on the wall. Especially with Crews as his right-hand man- morale is screwed again.
Sucks, but bet on it!
At least we’ve got got Ambassadors, I mean Interrupters, to provide assistance.
Bye bye! You only retire when you have enough time in. Old farts. Always trying to hold a black man down.
You know the last Sheriff was black, too, right?
Paula, when you don’t have a credible argument, you fall back on the “racist” blame. It’s getting old. Golden Rule needs to do better.
Racist much?
I voted for a black man that didn’t get fired for stealing taxpayer money.
How do you LEO have this much time to post while on your shift. I always wondered what youse guys were looking at when pulled over at Kripi Kreme.
If you voted for him, get ready to see your just rewards. Let the investigation begin.
You must be talking about Trump.
Probably not the best headline for this story…
Just saying…
Still waiting on the Clovis investigation to conclude.
When the investigation is concluded, what is next? Apparently the red state will be under a full-fledged investigation Joe. Sincerely hope that you are not involved in the witch hunt.
BTW, his stars are upside down (should be one tip up) and in the wrong place on his collar, but then…
Rodger, it’s like a flag. Displayed upside down is a distress signal. Clovie Jr. Jr. is showing us he is over his head, and Alachua County and ASO is in trouble.
Just about had a dog in the fight. But then I returned it to the pound.
About to get very interesting in Alachua County. New administration with a very dark cloud over their heads.
Remember folks, document..document..document!!!
Ya’ll enjoy the weather 😎
https://www.wuft.org/public-safety/2024-10-21/man-charged-in-death-of-sheriff-candidates-son-suffered-mysterious-head-injury-during-arrest
if scott couldnt keep his own kids off drugs, what will he do against the war on drugs in our community.
I guess Scott is just “METHIN AROUND”
What if it was your kid?! Shame
You neglected to mention that he was fired from the Sheriffs Department in 2006 for falsifying payroll records, which is stealing money. Apparently some voters think that is ok.
Yeah the same ones that voted for our President it was okay for him also
As long as you mean FJB I agree! He is crooked to the core! Sleepy Joe, “Let my Son Go!”
It’s funny when you get your subordinates to write a press release “welcoming” you back after you were fired for falsifying time sheets, aka stealing taxpayer money. FDLE should have stripped him of his certification years ago. Glad to see folks are bending the knee and kissing the ring on his first day in office.
5 star rank in ASO? With 419 members?That is stupid beyond belief. Not even the U.S. Army (954,875 members) currently has anyone who is 5 star rank.
A little birdie shared that in the wee hours of the morning, just a week before he was set to be sworn in as sheriff, the then-sheriff-elect, who was still an active City of Alachua cop at the time, made the brilliant decision to drive while intoxicated. According to the birdie, a City of Alachua trainee was told to pull over a dark-colored Chevy Challenger that had been swerving and driving all over the place. The trainee flipped on the lights, and the Challenger pulled over. As the trainee approached, the window rolled down, and—surprise, surprise—it was Chad Scott behind the wheel. After a casual brush-off, Scott went on his merry way. The trainee, understandably a bit shocked, went to his sergeant, who basically told him that if he valued his job, he’d better zip his lips and forget the whole thing ever happened.