Seminole County Sheriff's Office (Florida)
The Seminole County Sheriff's Office is the chief law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Seminole County, Florida, USA. The current sheriff is Donald F. Eslinger who was appointed following the death of Sheriff John E. Polk in 1991. Eslinger has been reelected by a wide majority ever since and is credited with modernizing the agency of over 1,250 sworn and civilian employees and keeping the county's crime rate among the lowest in Central Florida.
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