The Polk County Sheriff’s Office visited nine convenience stores on August 14, 2025, checking to make sure the stores and their staff were abiding by the state’s law about alcohol sales.
It was the latest round of the PCSO’s Operation Pop-Top campaign, in which deputies are assisted by a high school student who attempts to purchase alcohol. The students who participate are members of the PCSO’s Cadet 1000 program.
All of the stores visited on that Thursday were in the Bartow and Mulberry areas, and eight of the nine passed the test…