Click Here for ADA Accessible Format
Polk County Sheriff’s Phone# 863-298-6200
If in an emergency Dial 911
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.
Sheriff Grady Judd is proud to announce that on June 16, 2022, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was ...
Substitute School Crossing Guards needed for fall
Beginning June 2, 2022, Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Auburndale Police Department, and Winter Haven...
On Friday, June 17, 2022, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit arrested 24-year-ol...
3 boys charged for six burglaries after one of the boys accidentally shoots himself with a stolen ha...
On Thursday, June 9, 2022, Polk County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 18-year-old Chelsea May McGhee ...