Sheriff credits Narcotics & Vice Section with contributing to ‘significant drop’ in overdose deaths

Jacksonville detectives have investigated more than 220 overdose deaths in 2025 and have arrested 17 drug dealers on manslaughter charges in connection with some of those cases, Sheriff T.K. Waters announced Tuesday. Waters said the work of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Narcotics and Vice Section to get those drug dealers and their “poison” off the streets has contributed to a “significant drop” in overdose deaths this year, compared to the last several years.