Following an internal Polk Sheriff's investigation, four detention deputies resigned in lieu of firing and three supervisors ...

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies now ask everyone they encounter for place of birth, not only those arrested, as had been the ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is taking a new approach to assist in enforcing federal immigration laws, allowing deputies ...

Four Polk County detention deputies resigned and three supervisors were suspended after it was discovered an inmate believed to be sleeping was actually dead.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd gives an update on a retired nurse who was found murdered and a 19-year-old man who was ...

Jason Penrod, a former lawyer accused of diverting nearly $1.8 million from a client, pled guilty to grand theft and money ...

WE ALREADY MISS HER'  The Polk County Sheriff's Office is grieving the loss of one of its own deputies who served the agency ...

POLK COUNTY. Fla. – The Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of a veteran deputy described by colleagues as a “beautiful soul” with an infectious smile. Deputy Sheriff Terra McKinnon, a nearly ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is in mourning following the death of Deputy Sheriff Terra McKinnon, who passed away after a valiant battle with breast cancer at the age of 45. In a statement ...

Polk County officials issued a burn ban on November 25 due to unseasonably dry conditions. This is the second burn ban issued in the county for the year and is unusual for the fall season. The ban was ...