Sheriff Chip Simmons talks about his expectations for what will be the first of a series of roundtables on gun violence.
Category: Guns
Sheriff schedules Gun Violence Roundtable
The event will be held at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W Desoto St. The Round Table will focus gun violence in Escambia County and…
PPD also steps up security at youth football games
Press release: In response to a fatal shooting on Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Bellview Athletic Complex in Escambia County, the Pensacola Police Department will have an increased police presence at City of Pensacola…
Making youth football games safer
Commissioner Jeff Bergosh and Superintendent Tim Smith mentioned counseling being made available for those who experienced the shooting. Sheriff Simmons talked about helping escort a 10-year-old cheerleader and her mom to their…
Sheriff asks for videos, photos taken a Bellview park
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the suspects involved in the Saturday afternoon shooting during youth football games at Bellview Park that left one man dead and another injured. Sheriff…
More kids carrying guns for non-recreational uses, for protection, consider suicide
A new CDC report has found that 1 in 15 boys and 1 in 50 girls reported carrying a gun in the last 12 months for non-recreational purposes. Researchers surveyed taken from…
Real News podcast: Saving our youth
When a young man or woman is murdered, there’s always a lot of finger-pointing. What can we do to stop triggers from pulled? On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA today, I talked with Escambia…
Fried suspends gun permits of insurrectionists
Today, Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Division of Licensing announced the suspension of 22 licenses held by individuals involved in the insurrection. The FDACS…
Gun bill passes House
With supporters saying the issue is about property rights, the Florida House on Friday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow people to carry guns at churches that share locations with schools….
Gunny money, Critic questions city’s buyback effort
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola spent $10,000 over the weekend purchasing firearms from citizens as part of a gun buyback event, but there are people who feel that was…
Gun Buyback event on Saturday
The City of Pensacola is holding a Gun Buyback Event on Saturday, March 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bill Gregory Park, 150 N. W St. The goal of…
Mayor: Gun Buyback builds trust
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola’s gun buyback initiative is as much about building trust as getting guns off the street, Mayor Grover Robinson said Wednesday. “It’s about building trust….