On Tuesday, July 19, 2022, Corrections Academy #118 of the George Stone Criminal Justice Training Center in Pensacola dedicated a Wall of Tribute to fallen officers in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton Counties.
Wall of Tribute Roll Call
- Pensacola Police Officer John Gordon – September 22, 1889
- Bluff Spring Town Marshal Daniel Douglas – May 22, 1893
- Pensacola Police Officer John Yelverton – June 3, 1899
- Pensacola Police Officer William Burnham March 18, 1906
- Pensacola Police Captain William Etheridge December 26, 1908
- Pensacola Police Officer R. J. Carter, April 4, 1909
- Okaloosa County Sheriff John Summerlin – January 21, 1921
- Escambia County Sheriff Cary Ellis – September 25, 1923
- Walton County Deputy Thomas Blount – August 17, 1929
- Pensacola Police Officer C. F. Bazzell – March 16, 1932
- Pensacola Police Officer Clinton Green – February 26, 1938
- Walton County Sheriff Daniel Adkinson – April 7, 1938
- Pensacola Police Detective William Bowman – August 19, 1938
- Pensacola Police Officer Herbert Hatcher – January 15, 1939
- Escambia County Constable Mallory Williams – May 4, 1941
- Walton County Sheriff Robert Gatlin – November 12, 1942
- Pensacola Police Officer Edward Pursell – August 12, 1944
- Pensacola Police Officer Louis Champa – May 27, 1951
- Escambia Deputy Joseph Whitworth – April 22, 1954
- Escambia Constable William Rigby – September 4, 1955
- Escambia County Deputy Roland Davis – September 24, 1955
- Escambia County Deputy Len Adams – June 16, 1958
- Santa Rosa Sheriff Bart Broxson – December 24, 1959
- Deputy Sheriff Joseph Gassman – January 30, 1966
- Pensacola Police Detective James Jeffcoat – March 22, 1968
- Florida Parole Officer William Gambill – July 11, 1973
- Escambia Deputy Charles Wilkerson – January 19, 1974
- Crestview Police Sergeant Buster Adams – March 26, 1974
- Escambia County Deputy Buddy Ray – April 7, 1978
- Escambia Deputy Sheriff Doug Heist, Sr. – May 3, 1980
- Pensacola Police Officer Curtis Neal Jones – June 27, 1980
- Pensacola Police Officer Amos Cross – September 12, 1980
- Pensacola Police Officer Stephen Taylor – October 19, 1982
- Escambia County Corporal Eric Streeter – March 13, 1984
- Okaloosa Airports Officer Kenneth Baldwin – Sept. 11, 1987
- Wildlife Officer Ray Lynn Barnes – November 21, 1987
- Escambia Deputy Sheriff Donald Cook – December 3, 1988
- Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Milan Hendrix – June 1, 1989
- Escambia Detention Sergeant Dennis Mathis – July 27, 1989
- State Attorney Investigator Steven Bolyard – June 18, 1990
- Pensacola Police Officer Glenn Austraw – February 26, 1997
- Escambia Sheriff’s Sergeant Roosevelt Walker – May 22, 1998
- Escambia Sheriff’s Lieutenant George Hura, Jr. – May 4, 2004
- Okaloosa County Deputy Anthony E. Forgione – July 22, 2008
- Okaloosa Deputies Burt Lopez and Skip York – April 25, 2009
- Okaloosa County Deputy William Myers – September 22, 2015
- Escambia Corrections Officer Joe Heddy, Jr. – June 17, 2017
- Santa Rosa Detention Deputy Charles Pugh – August 18, 2020
- Santa Rosa Sergeant Ray Dykes III – December 9, 2020
- Okaloosa County Deputy Michael Neau – September 5, 2021
- Escambia County Sheriff’s Office K9 Wolf – February 20, 1998
- Escambia County Sheriff’s Office K9 Erny – October 12, 2000
- Florida Department of Corrections K9 Freckles – May 10, 2017
“Thank you, officers…We have the watch.”
Here are a few highlights…
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