Attack on America: The 9/11 Tragedy
On September 11, 2001, I was a Pensacola Police sergeant. I was teaching a class as an adjunct instructor at West Florida High School on that Tuesday morning when my […]
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EOW: Sergeant Chip Shackleford
Sergeant “Chip” Shackleford Pensacola Police Department, Florida End of Watch Monday, February 27, 1933 Sergeant Chip Shackleford, 66 years old, died of a head injury that resulted from a fight he
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End of Watch: David Neau
Deputy Sheriff Michael David Neau Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch Sunday, September 5, 2021 Deputy Sheriff Michael Neau died one year ago from complications as the result of
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End of Watch: Constable Clint Rigby
Constable William Clinton Rigby Escambia County District Four Constable’s Office, Florida End of Watch Sunday, September 4, 1955 W. C. Rigby was a legend. Everyone in northern Escambia County, Florida knew
Sweet Tea Murders
The Guy Living in the Crypt
From the book “Stories of Pensacola’s Finest” available at Amazon. It was a Saturday morning. The sun was bright, the weather was comfortable, and the humidity was unusually low –
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End of Watch: PPD Detective Archie Bowman
“I’m Tired of Them Police” An excerpt from the book “Stories of Pensacola’s Finest,” available at Amazon. August 19, 1938 was a hot, 91-degree, muggy day. Archie Bowman was a
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End of Watch: The Death of Detention Deputy Charles Otis Pugh, II
Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office End of Watch August 18, 2020 Detention Deputy Charles Pugh died after contracting COVID-19 after it was confirmed that he was exposed by an inmate
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End of Watch: The Death of Deputy Sheriff Thomas G. Blount
Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch Saturday, August 17, 1929 Deputy Blount was shot and killed while conducting a raid with several other deputies on a still in the
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End of Watch: Officer Edward O’Brien Pursell: August 12, 1944
from the book, “Pensacola’s Finest,” available on Amazon Along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, rivers refuse to rush. There are no jagged rocks for the waters to hustle
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Pensacola Police Gold Medal of Valor x3
It was unusual. That neighborhood – off Scenic Highway – was normally very quiet. But not on that day 23 years ago. On August 1, 1999, at 9:04 PM, a