Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Promotion


NEWS RELEASE #: 17-140 - JUNE 15, 2017

Sgt Christopher Maze
Sergeant Christopher Maze and Sheriff Tom Knight

Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight today promoted Deputy Christopher Maze to Sergeant.

Maze joined the sheriff's office in 2003 as a deputy assigned to the Patrol Bureau. Over the course of his career, Maze earned several certificates in advanced firearms training, interviews and interrogations, narcotics and dangerous drugs, and more. Maze is a field training officer, firearms instructor and current member of the agency's S.W.A.T. team. He has many community ties as a former high school football coach and volunteer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast.

"We believe in promoting our people from within," said Sheriff Tom Knight. "Sgt. Maze always represents our agency with integrity and professionalism and I have no doubt that he will continue to make his community very proud."