"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.

On Tuesday, 59 new Polk County sheriff’s deputies were sworn in. It’s the agency’s single largest class of deputies. Sheriff Grady Judd said additional deputies are needed to maintain public ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. He celebrated 50 years at the sheriff's office Thursday and has no plans of stopping. When Judd was a little kid in a Boy Scout uniform, he knew he wanted to be a ...