"You gave the sermon dressed in your Polk County Sheriff's Office Class "A" uniform, proclaimed your support for faith-based jailing, and claimed that the best way to reform individuals who have ...

Lakeland- A group that fights for the separation of church and state wants the Polk ... with Sheriff Grady Judd preaching a Christian message before congregations while wearing his uniform.

Church sermons delivered by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd in uniform have drawn complaints from a group advocating religious freedom. The Tampa Tribune reports that Judd won’t stop preaching.

POLK COUNTY, Fla ... When he's not in his dark green sheriff's office uniform with a badge and gun strapped to him, he's wearing a breezy PFG shirt, a sun hat and toting around his DSLR.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has come under pressure recently from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which takes issue with him preaching in uniform when he addresses 15 to 20 congregations ...