After more than 40 years of service to Polk County, Deputy County Manager Joe Halman Jr., has resigned his position with the county and will be taking over as the new public safety director for Haines City.
Halman, 59, who oversees the public safety divisions for Polk County, spent more than 32 years with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and eight years as a deputy county manager.
“This is an opportunity to go back to my roots in law enforcement while also working with fine men and women in the fire department and code enforcement,” he said of the career move in a Jan. 8 phone interview…