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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 Monday, March 28, 2016, PCSO Special Victims detectives arrested 48-year-old Leslie Wulff of Lake...
According to Uniform Crime Report (UCR) statistics, as reported semi-annually and annually to the Fl...
On Thursday, March 10, 2016, the PCSO Undercover Vice Unit conducted an operation at Lake Fannie Boa...
On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, PCSO Special Victims Unit detectives arrested Polk County School bus dr...
On Wednesday, March 9, 2016, PCSO Homicide detectives, working with the Sumter County Sheriff's Offi...
On Tuesday, March 1, 2016, the PCSO Undercover Vice Unit conducted an operation at Saddle Creek Park...