From the Pensacola Police Department:
Pensacola Police will be saturating areas within city limits at various times and days in the near future in an effort to address an increase in gun violence.
Since September 11, there have been at least 10 incidents reported where people heard gun shots and/or people were shot.
“We’re doing this because we must remain vigilant in keeping our streets and neighborhoods safe for all of our citizens, especially during the holidays when everyone wants to be able to celebrate with family and friends,†said Pensacola Police Chief David Alexander III. “We’re asking the public to enjoy the holidays and if they see something, to please say something.â€
The following are recent gun crimes that currently are under investigation by the department:
– Around 3:20 a.m. September 11 in the area of West Maxwell and North Baylen streets. Police were called after gun shots were heard. Approximately 21 gun casings were found near the intersection; no injuries reported.
– Around 2:35 a.m. September 24 in the area of North Ninth Avenue and Airport Boulevard. A 32-year-old male told police he was driving southbound on Ninth Avenue when he heard several gunshots. He went to a local hospital for treatment of a gunshot in the back of his head.
– Between 9 and 9:10 p.m. October 7 in the 2800 block of North Ninth Avenue. Police were called after gun shots were heard. No injuries were reported.
– Between 5 and 5:30 p.m. October 8 in the 2400 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Police were called after gun shots were heard. A 37-year-old male was found on the ground on the southwest side of the 400 block of East Scott Street. He went to a local hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds.
– Around 7:45 a.m. October 25 in the 6800 block of North Ninth Avenue. Police were called after the body of a 47-year-old male was found outside a business. The man died from a gunshot wound.
– Between 8 and 8:20 a.m. November 20 in the 300 block of North G Street. A 58- year-old male told police he was walking his dogs when a man pointed a gun at him and demanded his money. When the victim began yelling for help, he said the suspect shot him before leaving the area.
– Between 7:20 and 7:30 p.m. November 21 in the 400 block of North DeVilliers Street. Two males ages 26 and 29 were sitting in a vehicle when they were shot and taken to a hospital for treatment. A third male inside the vehicle was not injured.
– Around 10 a.m. November 25 in the area Ninth Avenue and Maxwell Street. Police were called after gun shots were heard. A 29-year-old male was found with a gunshot wound in the area of North Sixth Avenue and East Maxwell Street. The male was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
– Around 2 a.m. on November 27 in the area of Ninth Avenue and Baars Street. Police received multiple calls of shots being fired in the area of Ninth Avenue and Baars Street. No injuries were reported.
– Between 11:40 p.m. and midnight November 28 in the 1300 block of West Cervantes Street. Two 19-year-old males were taken to a local hospital for treatment after they were shot while sitting inside a vehicle. A 16-year-old male who was in the vehicle was not injured.
One outreach effort during the violent crime suppression operation will involve officers on foot patrol in targeted areas to inform the public of the increased police activity and to make contact with residents in the affected neighborhoods.
“We have a zero tolerance approach to violent crimes, said Sgt. Stephen Bauer, who is coordinating the operation for the department.
Officers also will be making targeted traffic stops and conducting field interviews in addition to staying in contact with the public to ensure they are successful in reaching people who need assistance from police.
Anyone having information on the recent shootings is asked to contact the Pensacola Police Department at 435 – 1900 or Crime Stoppers at 433 – STOP. Callers can remain anonymous.
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The position is a welcomed change from the one Chief Alexander took with at the Pensacola City Council’s agenda review two weeks ago.
He said then, “I have to say with the violent crimes we really don’t have, other than having an officer placed in everyone’s home, there’s not a whole lot of things you can that to really control and mitigate issues like homicides.†Read more.
Inweekly first began reporting on the rise in homicides in last October – Pensacola Police report fifth homicide since June 30, seventh for 2016
they are all corrupt and could care less what we think they are in charge they control more than we know lawyers and judges law enforcement ,grand jury’s the avg. person has no chance in the corrupt world created in the county or city
Report of apparent illegal/criminal actions
Dear Chief David Alexander III
I reported to you, via email dated December 10, 2015, Subj: Violation of Florida Statutes, that Pensacola City Officials were violating Florida State Statute 112.313 regarding the appointment and reappointment of individuals to Pensacola Advisory Boards who have a conflict-of-interest. In addition, I reported to you that illegal members committed perjury, according to Florida Law, in swearing that they were eligible to be members of these boards when they were not eligible.
I reported to you, via email dated December 10, 2015, Subj: Illegal closing of our authorized business without due process, that the Pensacola Police Department came on our property on March 19, 2005, without a warrant or any paperwork whatsoever and illegally closed our business down. The United States Constitution, Amendment 5, requires due process in this situation.Â
City Officials illegally use force, coercion, intimidation, and especially sadistic and destructive actions to harm us, our historic property, our retirement and bank accounts and the livelihood of our entire family. All of these actions appear to indicate rampant corruption and are clearly in violation of our rights under the United States Constitution.  I reported to you that it appears that you and each elected or appointed official who refuses to stop the violation of our rights is refusing to support the Constitution of the United States and is committing perjury.
I reported to you that on Sep 9, 2010, it appears that Florida State Attorney, Mr. Bill Eddins, the Pensacola City Attorney, Mr. Wells, and Pensacola Community Development Department employee, Ms. Morris conferred and discussed the answer Mr. Wells was going to send to Mr. Ramage of the FDLE regarding my reporting to FDLE, again, the illegal closing of our small business, an art gallery/antique shop holding functions, on March 19, 2005. It appears that they decided to send false statements and false charges about us to FDLE instead of the real facts: we were authorized many times (latest in 2000 and in 2001) to hold functions, we operated in compliance with all rules and regulations, we were illegally closed down without due process by the Pensacola Police Department on March 19, 2005, etc. It appears the above individuals deliberately conspired to and, in fact, did lie to FDLE about us. I told you that I have three blogs you can read for more information, Pensacolanewsletter.blogspot.com,
pensacolanewsletter2.blogspot.com, and pensacolanewsletter3.blogspot.com.
Chief Alexander, I requested that, as Chief of Police, you address the illegal actions which appear to be corruption and which I described above. Instead, it appears that you shoved this off on Mr. Lyter without any briefing. He called me, apparently in the dark, and when I started describing the apparent illegal actions which still exist (all of the above) he stated this appeared to be a civil matter and hung up. I have entered this into my notes and I am informing you that it appears that you are content to allow the apparent illegal/criminal actions against me, an elderly widowed grandmother who is a veteran to continue.Â
Sincerely,
I had the opportunity to listen to the last Chief report at the Council agenda meeting. What a horrible report. He basically had a bunch of slides showing statistics from last year and this year and read the items line by line. Zzzzzzzz. Council was bored. Audience looked asleep. Chief looked like he had some secretary put it together and all he could do was read it and waste everyone’s time. Not exactly my idea of a “Chief” doing any kind of report. What kind of training do these guys receive? Perhaps Studer can train them in leadership? Maybe we need a new chief.
In September, a PPD Officer told me that there are sometimes only 6-7 officers on a patrol shift stretched to cover ten patrol beats. In addition to sounding very unsafe for both the public and the officers, I have to wonder why that is. The current city budget shows funding for 78 officers in the Uniform Patrol Unit within the Uniform Patrol Division. Is the Uniform Patrol Unit really so understaffed? If so, why? I bet there is no shortage of PPD Officers sitting around drinking coffee in the Chief’s Office to include the two PPD Officers devoted to something fun called “Special Projects.”
Notice the Chief has a plan… why doesn’t our Sheriff ever have a plan. His plan is to put up signs to remind us to lock our doors, or Campaign because he did not care the years before. Just during campaign season