Corpus Delecti
From the book “Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures” Corpus Delecti. What is it? A loose translation is concrete evidence. For a homicide detective, that often means that to charge someone with […]
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End of Watch: The Death of Officer J. H. Carter: April 4, 1909
From the book, “Pensacola’s Finest,” available on Amazon. Law and Order. That’s what it is called – for a reason. Historically, communities had often taken matters into their own hands
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End of Watch: The Death of Detective James Jeffcoat: March 22, 1968
From the book “Pensacola’s Finest,” available on Amazon. 54 years ago today… On the front page of the June 10, 1951 edition of the Pensacola News-Journal was the story entitled
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End of Watch: The Death of Officer William B. Burnham: March 17, 1908
From Pensacola’s Finest, available on Amazon The only unsolved murder of a Pensacola Police Officer occurred 114 years ago yesterday… On the evening of March 17, 1906, the weather was
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End of Watch: The Death of Officer C. Frank Bazzell: March 15, 1932
March 14, 1932: Finally! After four years as a firefighter, Frank was at last a motorcycle officer again. He had been a motorcycle officer in the town of Palm Beach,
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End of Watch: The Death of Pensacola Police Officer Clinton Green
An excerpt from Mike Simmons’ book “Pensacola’s Finest,” available on Amazon Nothing lets the wind out of the sails of a department like the death of one of its own.
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“You Shot Me!”
From “Stories of Pensacola’s Finest” This is the story of Tac Officer Bruce Camacho and his 1991 pursuit and deadly encounter with Armed Robbery and Murder suspect Jacob Floyd. Bruce
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Dangerous and Terrible Games
“Oh my God!” said the shrimper as he looked into the trash bag and suddenly jerked back involuntarily. “It’s…a head. A human head. Looks like a girl, but I
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A True Hero
RECOGNITION OF A TRUE HERO Today, Retired ECSO Deputy Bruce Harris was presented the Sheriff’s Award by Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons. In 2021, Deputy Harris was assigned to Investigations.