Throughout 2022, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit is conducting a year-long traffic safety initiative on Interstate 4 in response to aggressive driving and excessive speeding within Polk County. During January, 2022, deputies: Stopped 425 vehicles for various violationsIssued 312 citationsArrested 9 people Of the citations issued: 102 drivers…
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit investigated a two-vehicle crash last evening that resulted in one fatality. Preliminary information so far is as follows: Around 8:20 p.m. on Sunday, June 10, 2018, PCSO and PCFR responded to Rifle Range Road at 1st Street West in the Wahneta area of Winter…
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit investigated a two-vehicle crash in unincorporated Davenport yesterday (Monday, January 24, 2022) that resulted in one fatality. Around 1:45 p.m. the PCSO ECC received a 911 call from the area of CR 547 and Ernie Caldwell Blvd. When first responders arrived on-scene they found 25-year-old…
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit responded to a traffic crash in north Lakeland on Friday, July 16, 2021, involving an SUV and a motorcycle. The motorcyclist is deceased. The driver of the SUV was arrested on an existing traffic-related warrant, and additionally charged regarding this incident. Preliminary information…
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash in Winter Haven last evening, during which the pedestrian was critically injured. Preliminary information so far is as follows: Around 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, 22-year-old Khalaya Clarke of Sebring was heading eastbound on…