“Grady Judd Not Happy About ICE Trying to Poach His Sheriff Deputies” This is Something to Think About 08.05.25

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“Grady Judd Not Happy About ICE Trying to Poach His Sheriff Deputies”

Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”

Air Date Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is not a happy camper, to say the least, about Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, trying to poach some of his department’s deputies.

To hire up to 10,000 new ICE agents the agency is sending out recruitment letters offering a $50,000 signing bonus to members of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office as well as other law enforcement agencies across the state.

In typical Judd style he responded by saying “That’s biting the hand that’s feeding you.”

He is angry.

Judd also called out Security of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who is overseeing the recruiting effort by declaring “Kristi Noem needs to get her big boy pants on and do what’s right” and stop poaching Florida cops and make sure she apologizes for doing so.

Kristi, I have some advice, don’t mess with Grady Judd!

Keep your hands out of the cookie jar.

Bill Bunkley is a 19-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays from 3 to 6 pm across central Florida. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 29 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church. 

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