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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 undercover detectives, working with the Lakeland Police Department, and the Of...
On Thursday, April 13, 2017, Polk County Sheriff's Office undercover detectives conducted an investi...
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Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives have arrested 14-year-old Jonathan Hall and 14-year-old Zach...
A joint Methamphetamine drug trafficking investigation resulted in the arrests of four suspects and ...
During a six-day-long undercover investigation from Tuesday, March 14th through Sunday, March 20th, ...