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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 Office detectives charged 39-year-old Ronald Lockett, Jr. of Lakeland for Firs...
The Officer-Involved Deadly Incident (OIDI) task force for the 10th Judicial Circuit is investigatin...
On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 17-year-old Henry Madera, J...
5 locals arrested in about a week for possessing child pornography
On Friday, December 9, 2022, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 28-year-old Polk County Firef...
Firearms made to be fully automatic seized, gets man arrested