Author name: Michael Earl Simmons

By Mike Simmons Commitment: the state of being obligated or emotionally driven to do something, especially for moral reasons. When a person embarks on a career, is he or she […]

An excerpt from the book, “Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures” By Mike Simmons One of the most important positions a police officer can assume is trainer. Training is what passes policies

From the book, “Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures” By Mike Simmons Captain Raymond F. Shuttleworth: R. F. “Happy” Shuttleworth, was one of the best detectives the police department ever had, and

An excerpt from the book, “Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures” By Mike Simmons Changing of the Chiefs On December 30, 1994, members of the Pensacola Police Department stood in front of

An excerpt from the book, “Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures.” By Mike Simmons “Raise your right hand and repeat after me.” Those are the last words the chief of police says

By Mike Simmons An article in the May 13, 1921, edition of the Pensacola News Journal reported that Deputy Sheriff Walker of Hillsborough County had been busy searching for the

By Mike Simmons Deputy Ray was shot and killed while moonlighting as a security guard. Five men entered the Winn Dixie grocery store to commit a robbery and upon seeing

By Mike Simmons Law and Order. That’s what it is called – for a reason. Historically, some extreme community members have taken matters into their own hands when a horrendous

By Mike Simmons Frank Dent Sanders walked into his new office. He had his work cut out for him.  As an outsider, he now commanded the police department. His priority was reorganization. To

By Mike Simmons “He has to come out of there – Now!” said Billy. Mac shook his head in agreement. I looked at Billy and asked, “But, what if he