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Dear Citizens, It is my honor to serve as your Sheriff and work hand-in-hand with you to keep Polk County a great and safe place to live, work, raise a family, and visit on vacation. As with all law enforcement agencies, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office has the essential duty to enforce the laws of our state and nation. While it is our responsibility to enforce the laws, it is the job of our legislators to write them. Every year, hundreds of new laws are proposed in the State of Florida. However, not all of them are in the best interest of public safety. Polk County citizens consistently have made it abundantly clear in citizen opinion surveys, conducted by Dr. Susan McManus with the University of South Florida, that public safety services are “absolutely critical services.” Many of the legislative proposals are good laws designed to better protect the public – and these deserve our support. However, there are proposed laws that would be detrimental to the safety and protection of our citizens and to those who visit our county. Please click on the below link for the legislative issues on which the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Sheriff’s Association have taken a stance and following throughout the legislative session. We thank you for your help as we support and oppose these issues. I encourage you to take an active role in the legislative process. Let us continue to work together to keep Polk County safe! Grady Judd Sheriff http://www.flsheriffs.org/legislative/legislative_agenda/
*Polk County Legislative Delegation:*

*Florida State Senate*
Senator J.D. Alexander District 17 *Mailing Address:* 412 Senate Office Building 404 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 *Phone:* (863) 679-4847 (850) 487-5044 *Email:* alexander.jd.web@ flsenate.gov	Senator Paula Dockery District 15 *Mailing Address:* 224 Senate Office Building 404 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 *Phone:* (863) 413-2900 (850) 487-5040 *Email:* dockery.paula.web@ flsenate.gov
Senator Ronda Storms District 10 *Mailing Address:* 413 Senate Office Building 404 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 *Phone:* (813) 651-2189 (850) 487-5072 *Email:* storms.ronda.web@ flsenate.gov
*Florida House of Representatives*
Representative Mike Horner District 79 *Mailing Address:* 222 The Capitol 402 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 *Phone:* (407) 943-3077 (850) 488-8992 *Email*	Representative Seth McKeel District 63 *Mailing Address:* 422 The Capitol 402 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 *Phone:* (863) 647-4896 (850) 488-9890 *Email*
Representative Kelli Stargel District 64 *Mailing Address:* 308 House Office Building 402 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 *Phone:* (863) 614-9156 (850) 488-2270 *Email*	*Representative Ben Albritton* District 66 *Mailing Address:* 1301 The Capitol 402 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 *Phone: (863) 534-0073 (850) 488-9465 Email*
Representative John Wood District 65 *Mailing Address:* 214 House Office Building 402 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 *Phone:* (863) 419-3470 (850) 488-2721 *Email*