---
type: Person
title: "Patterson, J.D."
description: "Sheriff of Miami-Dade County"
role: "Sheriff of Miami-Dade County"
level: "county"
branch: "executive"
state: "FL"
tenure:
  current: true
  notes: "Original title: Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami-Dade County"
ids:
  person: "5826073b-a1e3-4350-a0a0-5dfa947d8e39"
  office: "2c048acb-72bf-4c5f-853e-04c87d24c8a2"
  tenure: "cc95276c-507e-4c7d-bfb3-bca65b96d501"
sources:
  - field: office
    source: "fac-directory-scrape"
  - field: tenure
    source: "fac-directory-scrape"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, county, executive, fl]
timestamp: "2026-06-20"
---

# Patterson, J.D.

Current Sheriff of Miami-Dade County.

## Sources

- office: fac-directory-scrape
- tenure: fac-directory-scrape

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v2 export (2026-06-20).