Clay County Sheriff’s Office Articles

Over the past several months, we have enjoyed introducing you to some incredible members and teams of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. From the dogs and divers to the motors and Marine Unit, you have been given a behind the scenes look at just a few of the men and women (and K9s) who serve […]

In the natural course of events, employees retire, move on to other jobs, and (sadly) occasionally succumb to health issues or trauma. In law enforcement, this “circle of life” is no different. A deputy may not start working with a law enforcement agency with thoughts of one day leaving, but the lifecycle of a deputy

We understand that, sadly, dying is a part of living. Some have said that the moment we are born, we begin a journey that takes us from the delivery room to the cemetery. The length of our journey is unknown, but the life lived during the journey is what truly matters. When a First Responder

How the story ends: Deep within the walls of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Michelle Cook, flanked by more than a dozen law enforcement and fire rescue officials from multiple agencies (including Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody), addresses the media, “We are here today to highlight two different cases.  The first case involves a

Across Florida, the scene has played out hundreds of times in recent history. A driver loses control of a car and careens into a retention pond. A suspect tosses a weapon off a bridge into a lake. A boater tragically falls into a river and fails to surface. When the water claims a victim or

  GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL – Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jason Setzer and Alvin “AJ” Mercado for narcotics trafficking. On September 10, 2022, the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, SWAT team, and several partnering agencies served a search warrant in the Heritage Hills subdivision and another in the Raggedy Point neighborhood on two Clay County residences.

  Behind the locked doors of the Clay County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), a member of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office speaks quietly to an officer from the Clay District Schools Police Department. One of them leans across the aisle and asks a staff member to pull up a page on her laptop, and the

You might think you live in Gator Country, but it is the dogs who rule the day at the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Apart from J.P., the station mascot and support dog, the Sheriff’s Office has two narcotic detection canines at the jail, two tracking bloodhounds, six dual-purpose dogs (narcotic detection and criminal apprehension), and