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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.
Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested 28-year-old Kyla Anne Rivas Zehtab of Lakeland on T...
On Friday, July 20, 2017, PCSO deputies arrested former McKeel Academy Assistant Director of Academi...
On Friday, July 7, 2017, PCSO Homicide detectives filed an additional charge of manslaughter with a ...
PCSO deputies are investigating a shooting that resulted in three men shot around 7:45 p.m. on Monda...
On June 28, 2017, PCSO Sergeant Chris Katsoulis was off-duty and driving through Winter Haven when h...
According to Uniform Crime Report (UCR) statistics, as reported semi-annually and annually to the Fl...