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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.
On Tuesday, January 2, 2018, PCSO was contacted by a bail bondsman in reference to the December 19th...
On Sunday, December 24, 2017, PCSO and Polk County Fire Rescue personnel responded to a small plane ...
Polk County Sheriff's deputies have made two arrests, and are looking for a known third suspect, who...
On December 20, 2017, the PCSO Organized Retail Crime (ORC) Unit charged four out of five suspects (...
On December 21, 2017, the PCSO Undercover Vice Unit conducted an operation at Saddle Creek Park and ...
On Wednesday evening, December 20, 2017, PCSO deputies arrested 18-year-old Jahmari McCray for attem...