On Thursday, June 19th, 2025, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office was Reaccredited for its 3rd time by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement at the summer FLA-PAC (Florida Police Accreditation [...]

Effective June 24, 2025, The Columbia County Detention Facility has begun changing inmate visitation and telephone vendors from Securus to SmartCommunications. This may cause intermittent interruption of services during this [...]

2023 homicide suspect and registered sex offender, John Leonard Bowen, Jr., 47, convicted of Second Degree Murder in the death of Coyoete Kathren Cheyenne Turner, 18, and sentenced to life [...]

CCSO Members Recognized by Gainesville Police Department On Friday night, June 6, 2025, multiple members of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and Columbia County Combined Dispatch were recognized for their [...]

A citizen calls in a report of a person sleeping in their car on the side of the road which leads to the discovery and seizure of over 45 pounds [...]

(Sheriff Kitchings with Cpl. Latimer and Sgt. Cole)   On Thursday, June 5, 2025, Sheriff Kitchings promoted two members of the organization in a ceremony held at the CCSO Operations [...]

Pictured From Left: Daniels, Tanksley, Crawford, Sheriff Hunter, Cason, Rooney (Not Pictured: Bunner, and Davis) On Friday, December 20, 2024, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office held its annual Christmas Party [...]

(Pictured From Left: Stubbs, Sheriff Hunter, Cady, and Garland)   On December 3, 2024, Sheriff Hunter held a swearing in ceremony for three new members of the agency. The ceremony [...]

On Friday, November 8, 2024, Sheriff Hunter conducted a swearing in ceremony at the CCSO Operations Center. The ceremony was attended by family and CCSO personnel. Robert Molinski was sworn [...]

On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, Sheriff Hunter conducted a swearing in ceremony for a new employee. The ceremony was attended by family and CCSO personnel. Randall Denmark was sworn in [...]