Since the inauguration of Sheriff Chris Blair, the Sheriff's Office has undergone extensive scrutiny and regeneration began. It started with the hiring of an experienced command staff which included Chief Deputy Fred LaTorre, Major Tommy Bibb and Major Don Maines: returning 134 years of law enforcement experience to the Agency while eliminating the need to promote 16 current employees, resulting in a saving of approximately $148,000.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office sued Florida Center of Corporations and its owner, Thomas H. Fred Jr., for allegedly deceiving companies by sending them letters giving the impression that they had to pay additional fees to become corporations when, in fact, they were already corporations under the Florida Department of State’s Division of Corporations. According to the lawsuit, since February 2013, more than 12,000 Florida businesses have paid fees to the Center in response to these deceptive mailings.