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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.
From September 11, 2014 to June 22, 2015, the suspects traveled to (26) twenty-six different countie...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016, the PCSO Undercover Vice Unit conducted an operation at Saddle Creek Pa...
On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, PCSO Agricultural Crimes detective obtained arrest warrants for a husban...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office Homicide detectives arrested 31-year-old Caleb J. McKinney, of Lakeland...
On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, PCSO Fraud Detectives arrested 33-year-old Aaron Wilborn of Plant City an...
On Thursday, July 21, 2016, PCSO Special Victims Detectives arrested two adult male suspects and two...