Daily Outtakes: ‘Sense of Urgency and Fear’

On my radio show yesterday, Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May confirmed that he had heard many of the same rumors of a gang war brewing….

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Daily Outtakes: Local Gang War?

Is a Gang War brewing? Three young men were shot Saturday afternoon at Northwoods Apartments, 4041 East Olive Road- one is on life support, according…

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Daily Outtakes: Wrong Spot?

Operation Brownville The law enforcement initiative to “clean-up” of a neighborhood shared by the City of Pensacola and Escambia County will end on Friday, June…

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Judge dismisses case against Gillum

The News Service of Florida reports a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to dismiss charges against former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum, after a mistrial…

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Presser notes: Workshop takeaways, Crime stats

HOMELESSNESS Mayor Reeves gave his takeaways from today’s joint workshop on homelessness. Why this matters:  The region has lacked a coordinated strategy for dealing with…

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Daily Outtakes – Brownsville, Intermission, WMS

Operation Brownsville Gets Into New Gear Though the much-mention calendar on the ECSO has had no additions since April 24, Escambia County is stepping up…

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Operation Brownsville: Mayor says city has put emphasis on the area

I asked Mayor D.C. Reeves about Operation Brownsville at his weekly press conference on Tuesday morning. “Here’s what I know now; we looked at this…

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Unsolved murder rate at record high

Over the weekend, NPR reported that national rate for unsolved murders has hit a record high. NPR: “While the rate at which murders are solved…

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Few show for Operation Brownsville event

Since October, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons has talked about curbing gun violence. He has held several roundtables where politicians told the audiences at the…

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Operation Brownsville starts slow

According to the interactive crime maps on Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and Pensacola Police Department, law enforcement didn’t deal with many calls in the zone…

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Sheriff: Operation Brownsville a pilot program

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons hopes to duplicate Operation Brownsville in other neighborhoods in the county. Over the next 60 days, his agency will work…

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Operation Brownsville has begun

According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s office website, Operation Brownsville began this morning at 8 a.m. with Escambia County Code Enforcement and Animal Control. They…

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