“If it only saves one!” Polk’s Grady Judd is at it again

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, notorious for his grandstanding press conferences where he proudly announces the results of his latest “child predator”/”Human Trafficking” operation, was at it again this week, when he announced the results of “Fool Around and Find Out” – he always picks a cutesy name.

you can watch the full conference below, but here are the highlights…

255 suspects arrested! And the rescue of several “possible” human trafficking victims. Sounds like they are finding abducted children right? Wrong! 141 suspects were charged with soliciting prostitutes; 93 suspects were charged with offering to commit prostitution; 10 other suspects were charged with crimes related to prostitution, such as aiding/abetting a prostitute or transporting a prostitute. Hmmm… What about the trafficked kids rescued from child predators? 11 (yes, eleven in nine days) were caught for soliciting a minor that turned out, of course, to be one of Judd’s officers. Eleven in 9 days, huh, I guess the stings are not as productive as they used to be. And what about the missing kids? I guess it’s “possible” we might find out, but we doubt it.

And just in case you were wondering… only one was on the registry. That’s 1 out of 255 (less than half of one percent).


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61 thoughts on ““If it only saves one!” Polk’s Grady Judd is at it again

  • May 16, 2025

    Who cares if they use their ppl and friends to play undercover ! They took the bait right? It worked. Guilty. Time to round ‘em up and launch to Siberia IMO

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    • May 16, 2025

      Good thing your opinion is bs.

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      • May 16, 2025

        Be nice real Eric 👌

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  • May 16, 2025

    Just goes to show you the real mentality of law enforcement in general. When did we as a society become so vindictave on everyone? What ever happened to the days of helping someone turn their life around to become better people and not to get into trouble again? Law enforcement dont care about anyone but themselves. Its a paycheck to them and they dont care who’s life they destroy. They make everyone think that a person who has offended is a big monster instead of finding out that that person had troubles in their past as well and never got help because it was not offered or available. I did my offense over 30 years ago and never had to register until 2006. I did everything they asked me to do. I went to sex offender counseling, victim counseling as I was a victim too. Have I reoffended?? NO. Instead I got put on a website that serves no purpose except to keep me from living my life unbothered. And its because of people like Shady Grady.

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    • May 16, 2025

      Sorry to hear about your journey

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  • May 16, 2025

    And that ONE pfr who reoffended, the registry didn’t work?!?!?! 😅

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    • May 16, 2025

      No end
      What’s pfr?

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      • May 16, 2025

        Person forced to register

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  • May 16, 2025

    I did a video on this and on Shady Grady on I.C.A.C.-UNPACKED! my YT channel -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EC9048-4_k&t=762s

    I pointed out how the Lakeland area paper, The Ledger, had a two part series 10 years ago which determined that some of Grady’s stats were questionable at best. When the sheriff was questioned on that, and asked to show the chat templates his officers used, he declined. He did not decline to issue a scathing ad hominem attack on those who questioned him, observing, laughably, that they were just trying to get media attention! Pot meet kettle.

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  • May 16, 2025

    good good good work

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    • May 16, 2025

      Stuttering is a sign of poor judgement.

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      • May 16, 2025

        S earl
        Be nnnniiicceee

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  • May 16, 2025

    Civil rights and common sense be damned. Fear mongering and political posturing is the rule of the day.

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    • May 16, 2025

      Keep doing a good job Sheriff Grady..go get them

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      • May 16, 2025

        Be careful Nancy, Grady will come after you if you get between him and a need camera.

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        • May 16, 2025

          Ok 👩 👩 mommy

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