The national trend for police chief searches is for them to be open, transparent and with plenty of public input. Jennifer A. Kingson writes in Axios Cities that the choice of a police chief…
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Cedric Alexander: PPD, Defunding, Dismantling and Training (Part 2)
The week, Jeremy Morrison interviews Cedric Alexander, the retired law enforcement officer with a national reputation that is helping Mayor Grover Robinson develop a citizen panel to oversee the Pensacola Police Department….
Cedric Alexander on oversight, bias and systematic racism (Part 1)
In this week’s Inweekly, Jeremy Morrison interviews Cedric Alexander, the retired law enforcement officer with a national reputation that is helping Mayor Grover Robinson develop a citizen panel to oversee the Pensacola…
Remembering Victor Steen, the boy on a bike
Before George Floyd and Tymar Crawford, the city had the death of Victor Steen. Around 1:50 a.m. on Oct. 3, 2009, Victor was spotted by Pensacola Police officer Jerald Ard riding his…
PPD presser: After so long, ‘relief’
DNA Technology Leads to Cold Case Arrest By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly On New Year’s Day in 1985, Tonya McKinley’s body was found at the corner of Peacock Drive and Creighton Road. She’d…
Tymar Crawford: Grand jury report, City response, Bodycam video
State Attorney Bill Eddins announced last Friday that the Escambia County Grand Jury has completed its review of the facts and circumstances surrounding the Officer Involved Shooting by Daniel Sieman formerly of…
Lack of transparency at Pensacola City Hall disappointing
Early Saturday morning, police fatally shot Atatiana Koquice Jefferson, 28, in Fort Worth, Texas. The body camera footage shows the perspective of the officer outside the home, peering inside a window using…
Dream Defenders call for firing of PPD officer
Dream Defenders has released the name of the Pensacola police officer who killed Tymar Crawford when the man got into an altercation with police after being stopped on July 5. The officer…
‘Fully staffed’ PPD short 30 officers
On Oct. 11, 2017, the City of Pensacola posted on its official Facebook page that the Pensacola Police Department was “fully staffed.” Last week, Pensacola Police Chief Tommi Lyter reported at a…
Survey: PPD speaks out on pay, benefits and ‘toxic’ City Hall
The results are in on Mayor Grover Robinson’s initial survey of city employees. Employees were asked: 1. Our City of Pensacola government does many things well. What are 1-3 things that you…
PPD has its own cup of joe
The Pensacola Police Department is now in the coffee business with “Midnight Shift.” According to PPD PIO Mike Wood, “This coffee will make you hear colors, and smell sounds. It’s that good….
‘Eye the Sky’ may patrol city streets soon
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and IHMC today announced a partnership between IHMC and the Pensacola Police Department to develop a police drone program to help with search and rescue, disaster response, fugitive…