By Mike Simmons It even looked like a police station. The Pensacola Police Department had finally moved into their proper police station. It was the first building erected for the […]
From the book, “Some Gave All,” available on Amazon By Mike Simmons Elmer Whitworth always excelled. As a boy, he won the best camper award on his Boy Scout camping
The stories of the criminal justice officers in West Florida who died in the line of duty. Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Some-Gave-All-criminal-officers/dp/B0CJ45MZK4/ref=monarch_sidesheet By Mike Simmons A HeroThe feeling was somber…sad.A wave
An excerpt from the book, “Pensacola’s Finest,” available on Amazon By Mike Simmons Dixie Jo – sounds like a name in a movie. That is a southern name. And Dixie
An excerpt from the book, “Some Gave All,” available on Amazon By Mike Simmons Andrew Cary Ellis was born on August 9, 1873, in Monroe County, Alabama. One of the
An excerpt from the book, “Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures,” available on Amazon By Mike Simmons Many older police departments contain generations of officers. Like Blue Bloods, it becomes a family
An excerpt from the book, Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures,” available on Amazon By Mike Simmons The first mention of it was in the July 20, 1954 edition of the Salt
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
