Contempt order exposes funding gap for Polk County Jail detainee drug evaluations

Longtime provider of inmate evaluations pulls out of Polk County Jail after it's ruled in contempt for insisting on payment ...
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Operation ‘Fool Around and Find Out – Again’ leads to 246 arrests, Sheriff Judd says

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Hundreds of people have been arrested in another “Fool Around and Find Out — Again” operation. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said deputies are doing all they can do to ...

Here's why Martin County Sheriff's Office has Florida's 3rd-highest immigration encounters

They’re bringing in their detainees from all over the region, putting them in our jails, and we’re reporting it," Sheriff ...
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Polk County sheriff candidates' key issues include highway patrols, jail costs

Mark Garton has an opponent in the race for Polk County sheriff for the first time since being elected in 2016. Garton has been the sheriff since 2015. Challenger Steve Warden is the emergency ...