Bob Gualtieri is the Pinellas County Sheriff. The sheriff runs the county’s largest law enforcement agency, patrolling unincorporated Pinellas and the cities that contract with him, and also runs the county jail and courthouse security. The office is elected countywide and answers to voters, not to the County Commission, though the commission funds its budget.
Term ending January 2029; not on the ballot in 2026
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Appointed sheriff in 2011 and elected since; most recently re-elected in 2024. Next election 2028.