---
type: Person
title: "Rick Wells"
description: "Sheriff, Manatee County — Manatee County, FL"
role: "Sheriff, Manatee County"
level: "county"
branch: "executive"
state: "FL"
contact:
  email: "rick.wells@manateesheriff.com"
  phone: "(941) 747-3011 ext  2222"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-01"
  current: true
ids:
  person: "a91a7ed8-16b3-49b4-88ac-e221e2811656"
  office: "4bf08e63-8f86-4794-82ba-6c4149a0693d"
  tenure: "22e2d3cf-3496-44cb-b7b8-953f4cba3e0e"
  jurisdiction: "9379a404-2b26-49a1-8541-6429e605a9f1"
sources:
  - field: office
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: tenure
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census TIGER 2024"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, county, executive, fl]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Rick Wells

Current Sheriff, Manatee County (Manatee County, FL).

## Sources

- office: Florida Association of Counties
- tenure: Florida Association of Counties
- jurisdiction: Census TIGER 2024

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).