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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 Meghan Petty. 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 is investigating a deputy-involved shooting in unincorporated Polk ...
PCSO deputies arrested 25-year-old Kenneth McIntosh of Polk City, Saturday, June 2, 2017, for 2 coun...
From Thursday, May 25th through Saturday, May 27th, the PCSO Organized Retail Crimes Unit and partne...
On Thursday, May 25, 2017, PCSO Homicide detectives arrested two men in the homicide of Preston Burn...
On April 28, 2017, PCSO deputies received information that 26-year-old Kyle Barwan of Lakeland, who ...
In an undisclosed location in Polk County, beginning on Monday, May 15, through Sunday, May 21, 2017...