David Gee is the former

sheriff A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly transla ...

Hillsborough County, Florida Hillsborough County is located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. In the 2020 census, the population was 1,459,762, making it the fourth-most populous county in Florida and the most populous county outside the Miami metrop ...

. He was sheriff from 2004 until his retirement on September 30, 2017, having worked in the

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency for Hillsborough County, Florida and is responsible for law enforcement services for the of unincorporated areas of the county as well as operation of the two jai ...

for more than twenty years prior to his election. Gee's tenure was a successful one: the crime rate in the county has fallen in each of the last nine years. He has been praised for his office's "enlightened approach to homelessness", but criticized for "traditional criminalization tactics for low-level offenses such as misdemeanor marijuana possession". Gee is a graduate of the University of Tampa. He is a Republican.

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