Jack Martin, current Sheriff of Morris County and now running for re-election as sheriff for the fifth time. Jack became the first black Morris County Sheriff, in the county’s history.  Martin began his career with the Sheriff’s Department in 1984, only two short years after graduating from Paul H. Pewitt High School, and has worked for Morris County ever since.

Jack Martin decided to run for election in 2003 when the current Sheriff Shane Blackburn decided to resign and take over the Narcotics Task Force.  Blackburn encouraged Jack, who was chief deputy at the time, to run for Sheriff. In 2004 Jack ran for Sheriff, won the election on July 1, 2004, and he was appointed inward Sheriff.

 As Sheriff, Martin generally has town meetings at the court house two or three times a month.  These meetings keep the public informed about their community, and help maintain a positive relationship between the citizens and their sheriff. Jack has not been able to establish town meetings for this year’s election due to the Covid-19 Pandemic currently going through the Morris County area. 

Covid-19 may have put a damper on Sheriff Martin’s town meetings, but certainly not on his genuine relationship with every community in Morris County. Not one single area of Jack Martin’s jurisdiction has had any issues with the Black Lives Matter movement. According to Jack, there are no such upheavals because the people of Morris County are small town folks. They are all like family, where everybody knows one another and they all share a common bond.

Martin’s guiding principles as a civil servant are honesty, fairness, and dependability.  Jack thrives to protect our schools, churches, and community’s. Jack executes fairness by being professional, respecting the rights and dignity of all persons. While striving to achieve a balance between enforcement and community needs which reflects both the spirit and the letter of the law. Martin uses dependability by recognizing the changing and diverse needs of the community and responding to meet those needs. Jack implements honesty by living with honor and doing what is noble, virtuous, and let no favor or prejudice bias influence yourself to take a dishonorable action.  He constantly establishes good communication with the local fire departments, EMS and fellow officers.

The early voting will start October 13 – October 30 at the Morris County Clerk’s office at 500 Broad max in Dangerfield Texas. The General election would begin on November 3, 2020, from 7am to 7pm.