Podcast: Suicide or Murder?
From the book, “Pensacola’s Finest,” available on Amazon In the 1700s, Pensacola was a small, new frontier town. Governor Eliot had just been appointed governor of west Florida. After his […]
Taking a Break
From the book, Pensacola’s Finest in Pictures, available on Amazon. Taking a Break Officers Frank Matthews, Richard Jackson and Louis Goss pose on a bench at police headquarters, 407 S.
End of Watch: Officer Kelly Klimkowski
Officer Kelly Klimkowski Santa Rosa Correctional Institution End of Watch Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Officer Kelly Klimkowski died On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, from complications of COVID-19 in the line of
End of Watch: Escambia County, Florida Sheriff Cary Ellis
End of Watch Tuesday, September 25, 1923 Pensacola Chief of Police Andrew Cary Ellis had been Escambia County’s sheriff before but had failed to be re-elected. Since then, he had been
End of Watch: Escambia Deputy Roland Davis
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch Saturday, September 24, 1955 Deputy Sheriff Roland Davis suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after directing traffic at the intersection of Brainerd and
Pensacola’s Red Light District
Brothel of Mollie McCoy, 15 W. Zarragossa Street, Pensacola, Florida
End of Watch: The Murder of Okaloosa County Deputy Sheriff William J. Myers
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Deputy Sheriff Bill Myers was shot and killed while serving a domestic violence injunction at a local attorney’s office
End of Watch
End of Watch: Pensacola Police Officer John William Robert Gordon
Pensacola Police Department, Florida End of Watch Sunday, September 22, 1889 The members of the Pensacola Police Department had never experienced this feeling until September 23, 1889. It was the first
End of Watch
End of Watch: Corporal William Connors
End of Watch Saturday, September 16, 1944 Corporal William Henry Connors, 61 years old, had been a Pensacola Police Officer since 1921. But nobody knew him as William, or Bill, or