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News and Investigations
News & Investigations
News Releases and Public Information
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.
Nov 10, 2022
Fingerprints from crime s...
Trio busted for burglaries thanks to dirty fingers
Nov 10, 2022
Polk Sheriff's Charities ...
Polk Sheriff's Charities, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit charitable organization, is sponsoring ...
Nov 10, 2022
"Breaking Down Silos" pre...
A presentation sponsored by Polk Vision and focused on the lessons learned in the aftermath of the M...
Nov 4, 2022
Two murder suspects from ...
Virgin Islands murder suspects captured in Lakeland
Nov 1, 2022
PCSO detectives charge 14...
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit, Crime Suppression Teams and the Florida Depar...
Oct 27, 2022
Tenoroc High School stude...
The school resource deputy at Tenoroc High School located a student who brought a gun onto the campu...