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Escambia County

Chip Simmons prefiles for Escambia County Sheriff

Rick Outzen March 28, 2018

Escambia County Chief Deputy Chip Simmons has prefiled to run for Escambia County Sheriff in 2020.

Simmons stepped down as Pensacola Police Chief in August 2015, after a 29-year career with the Pensacola Police Department. He served a little over year as an assistant county administrator before moving over the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in December 2016.

Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”