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…
City of Pensacola to beef up traffic enforcement
By Sammi Sontag INWEEKly The Pensacola Police Department and Florida Highway Patrol are joining forces to crack down on reckless drivers and traffic crashes within city limits. For the month of July,…
Pensacola Police Chief retires today
PPD Press Release: A law enforcement career that began 32 years ago when David Alexander III was hired by the Pensacola Police Department as a cadet ends today (Friday, May 5) when…
Mayor holds firm on police chief decision
Mayor Ashton Hayward isn’t changing his mind about David Alexander stepping down as the police chief. On next week’s city council agenda, he is recommending that Tommi Lyter take command on the…
Pensacola Violent Crime Suppression Operation has immediate impact
Less than 12 hours into its effort to reduce gun violence, the Pensacola Police Department is having an impact. Officers have found caches of firearms and drugs. Around 10:30 p.m. Friday, officers…
Pensacola police chief responds to increase in homicides and gun violence
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…
Pensacola Police Chief says little can be done about rise in homicides
The City of Pensacola homicide rate is the highest since 2012. The Pensacola Police Chief and Mayor were much more proactive about combating the violent crimes and gun violence four years ago…
Letter to the Publisher: Police deserve raises
Dear Rick: I appreciated your article about our police. I wish you would do some research and write more about them. I have several friends and acquaintances who are cops. From what…
Pensacola Police Department DROP
When it comes to DROP, the Pensacola Police Department appears to be in better shape than the Fire Department. Only 14 employees in the Police Pension program have entered the Deferred Retirement…
