Fellsmere Police Chief Keith Touchberry is running for sheriff again.

Touchberry, 58, who filed the required paperwork with the Supervisor of Elections Office last week, was the runner-up to now-Sheriff Eric Flowers in the 2020 Republican primary.

Touchberry, though, sees himself as a stronger candidate now, having raised his stature beyond being a small-town police chief.  In fact, he was inducted as president of the 1,000-member Florida Police Chiefs Association in August.

He also believes the name recognition he received during the 2020 campaign, along with his 33 years of law-enforcement experience in the county, will make him a formidable challenge in 2024.

“Last time, I got a late start with fundraising and getting my name out there,” said Touchberry, who spent more than 24 years climbing the ranks at the Vero Beach Police Department until retiring as a captain in 2013, when he left to head the Fellsmere Police Department.

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