Llano County Sheriff’s Office gets a new chief deputy
Michael Nix is sworn in as the new chief deputy of the Llano County Sheriff’s Office by Sheriff Marquis Cantu. Courtesy photo from LCSO
The Llano County Sheriff’s Office got a new chief deputy on Monday, March 13. Sheriff Marquis Cantu swore in Michael Nix, filling the position that had been vacant for some time.
According to the Llano County Sheriff’s Office, Nix is a United States Marine Corps veteran and also had a 27-year career with the Texas Department of Public Safety, achieving the rank of captain by the end of his tenure.
Nix replaces former Chief Deputy Tracy Taylor, who was hired shortly after Cantu took office in January 2025. The LCSO did not provide comment by the time of this article’s publication on exactly when, why, or how Taylor left the department. He had been gone since at least January 2026.
The chief deputy is a hired employee of the Sheriff’s Office that serves as the right-hand-man to the elected sheriff. They handle much of the day-to-day operations of the department, serving an administrative, supervisory role over other staff.