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Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Records Coordinator Melissa Edwards has successfully completed the required course of study approved by the Board of the Florida Records Management Association and the John Scott Dailey Florida Institute of Government at the University of Central Florida and has been designated as a Florida Certified Records Manager.  Melissa oversees NCSO’s Records […]

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office (6), Nassau County Emergency Management (5), Nassau County Fire/Rescue (2), Fernandina Beach Police Department (1), and Fernandina Beach Fire/Rescue (1), sent several individuals to the panhandle of Florida to help with relief efforts after Hurricane Michael devastated this area.  These individuals are part of the Regional Incident Management Team from

  National Domestic Violence Awareness Month is an annual designation observed in October. The observance serves to educate communities, individuals, couples and families about Family Advocacy Program services and other community resources that can help prevent, raise awareness of community responsibility and resources for addressing domestic abuse. Micah’s Place is the only certified Domestic Violence

Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper swore-in three new NCSO detention deputies on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 in the sheriff’s office classroom in front of family, friends and agency employees.  Sworn in were James Jeremy Gray, Johnetta Myers, and Gread Maria Smith.  Please wish these deputies well as they begin their new career at NCSO.

  Pictured left to right: Elizabeth Smith, Kaitlyn Hodges, Michael Pensa, Veronica Smith, Thomas Kutz, Sheriff Bill Leeper after the recruits received their badges at graduation. Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper announced that five new NCSO detention deputies graduated Tuesday, September 18, 2018, from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Training Academy at Florida State College at

The First Coast Chapter of Nam Knights Motorcycle Club presented Sheriff Bill Leeper with a donation to NCSO’s Project Lifesaver Program. Project Lifesaver is a search and rescue, rapid recovery program that targets persons enrolled in the program that have the tendency to wander due to Alzheimer’s, Autism, Dementia and other age macular degeneration related

Mike Bowling, Pound Puppies creator and a Nassau County resident, graciously donated several boxes of the cute little stuffed animals to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office for deputies to have in their patrol cars for use whenever they come across a child in distress or needing comfort due to a stressful situation. The Pound Puppies

First day of school! Students at Wildlight Elementary School are greeted by NCSO deputies as they arrive on campus for the first school day of the 2018/2019 school year. Lieutenant Robin Patterson, Deputy Dallas Palacek and Sheriff Bill Leeper greeted students and parents. There will now be security at all Nassau County Public Schools as

On Wednesday, August 1, 2018, the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office held a promotion ceremony for several individuals within the agency due to the retirement of Undersheriff George Lueders. A large group of NCSO employees, as well as family and friends of those being promoted gathered at the Sheriff’s Office Administration Building to witness the event. 

  Yulee, Fla. – On May 29, 2018, at approximately 1:30 PM, the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office responded to American Beach at 95575 Burney Road Fernandina Beach in reference to a person who was shot.  When deputies arrived they observed a 58 year old male victim, Tony Brown, who lived at the address, on the