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Welcome to the Polk County Sheriff's Office News Room, where the Public Information Officers (PIO's) post all of the information that they release to the news media. PIO's act as liaisons between news media organizations and the Sheriff's Office. The PIO's routinely release timely and accurate information and Crime Stoppers bulletins, and respond to routine and "breaking news" media inquiries. News releases and Crime Stoppers information can be found on this page.
PCSO's full-time Public Information Officers are Brian Bruchey, Carrie Horstman, and Alicia Manautou. The Public Information Officers can be reached by sending an e-mail collectively at PIOs@polksheriff.org.
The recent news releases sent out by the PIOs can be found here, and archived releases (older than 2017) can be found here.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 21-year-old Waylon Skinner on Wednesday, December 11...
Over six days, undercover detectives in the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit conducted a...
On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, PCSO Animal Control responded Towering Pines Drive in Lakeland, in r...
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported armed home invasion over the weekend,...
“These two had significant stashes of guns and drugs and a combined total of 76 prior felonies and 4...
Largest seizure ever of heroin by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office