I live in Polk County, and we are proud of Sheriff Grady Judd. Here are some of his quotes over time:
“You kill a policeman it means no arrest, no Miranda rights, no negotiations, nothing but as many bullets as we can shoot into you, PERIOD,” said Polk County Florida Sheriff Grady Judd. Frontier justice, a cowboy attitude? No, simply one lawman’s response to cop-killing by illegals in Ameica.
Three brothers and their friend were facing first-degree murder charges.They allegedly took pictures of the victim's lifeless body, but the photos were believed to be stored away and locked on one of the suspect's phone."Let me tell you, the first time we do have trouble getting into a cell phone, we're going to seek a court order from Apple and when they deny us I'm going to go lock the CEO of Apple up."
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd wasted no time taking a jab at a career criminal who had taunted him on Facebook. Sheriff Judd took to Facebook Friday to announce the arrest of Cedric Carr, of Mulberry, in a slightly different way.
“It’s not usually a good idea to taunt the Sheriff’s Office on Facebook. Yes Cedric Carr, we stopped your show…” wrote Sheriff Judd on Facebook.
“Forcing your way into an occupied residence is a bold and foolish decision — if you are foolish enough to break into someone’s home, you can expect to be shot in Polk County,” Sheriff Grady Judd said.
A man in Colorado a couple of months ago published a book called The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure, and he didn't get arrested for it, and this made Grady Judd mad.So the sheriff of Polk County, whose job is to protect and serve the roughly 500,000 people who live in the mostly agricultural area between Tampa and Orlando, had one of his undercover detectives contact Phillip Greaves of Pueblo, Colo., and ask to buy his book. Greaves sent a signed copy back to Polk, where Judd got a search warrant, and then sent two of his men 1,856 miles to arrest him the week before Christmas.
President Barack Obama’s announcement that he’d commuted the sentences of 61 convicted felons across the country has one Florida sheriff crying foul.
“As your Sheriff, I am appalled that convicted felons are being let out of prison before finishing their sentences,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd wrote on Facebook.
Florida sheriff under fire for preaching in uniform. Judd spoke from the pulpit of First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland two months ago.
"Wouldn't the world be better if everyone behaved like a Christian?" Judd said as part of his speech.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation sent Judd a letter accusing him of "excluding other religions and making non-believers feel like outsiders in their own community."
Judd says he was invited to the church and that his message was "clear and uplifting."
Sheriff Grady Judd is urging residents in his county to arm up, stressing that it is "more important to have a gun in your hand than a cop on the phone."
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said today he brought both girls, ages 14 and 12, into custody because he saw a lack of remorse. He pointed to a Facebook post allegedly written over the weekend by the 14-year-old suspect that said, "'Yes, I bullied Rebecca and she killed herself but I don't give a f---." This was after a young girl committed suicide after being bullied.
“If you surrender peacefully, that’s the way we prefer it,” he said. “You start pointing guns at us, you can not only plan on, but you can guarantee that we are going to shoot you.”
Grady Judd on Freedom of the Press