Comments on: Shots Fired At Pensacola Police Officer

By: Caitlin B

Caitlin B — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:25:34 +0000

I’m so glad officer Barbosa nor anyone else was injured or killed in this senseless crime. She don’t know me but I sure know of her and her family. I was in a program and both her in laws taught separate classes to me about bettering my life. Idk where I’d be if it wasn’t for her in laws and the program I was in and i can remember them saying her patrol area was one of the most dangerous in Pensacola. I’m sure glad her 2 boys had their mama to come home to them.

By: Caitlin b

Caitlin b — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:20:09 +0000

I’m so glad officer Barbosa nor anyone else was injured. She doesn’t know me but I sure know her and her family. Her in laws used to each teach me a class in changing my life on a program I was in. So I’m glad her boys have their mama to come home to them after this senseless crime.

By: SMH

SMH — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:43:21 +0000

1. Back up units are not very close normally. 1-3 minutes away.

2. Drive by shooters have a leg up on the intended target because they are “drive by shooters” meaning they are driving already while the target is sitting stationary.

3. Chasing a vehicle through neighborhoods at high rates of speed is incredibly dangerous for everyone. What good comes from running down a pedestrian, bicyclist or having a vehicle crash while chasing a suspect. To dangerous and that’s why the decision to cancel a pursuit is allowed to be made by the initiating officer.

4. Pensacola has always had crime, like every city. It’s better then it used to be in most cases.

By: Justathought

Justathought — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:53:25 +0000

Seems like they fired shots to make the police leave the area. With that said, I seriously doubt any tag on the car was legitimate.

By: NativeTongue

NativeTongue — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 15:23:26 +0000

Hey Chief Lyter – It sounds like @Theresa & @LoveB are ready for their first day on the job. They’ve got this whole “police man” thing figured out and can accurately handle every thing a criminal throws at them.

@Theresa understands that you’ve got so much money available you can throw a backup unit on every corner and @LoveB thinks every vehicle automatically has the proper tag, if any at all, attached to the vehicle.

Good luck to your new recruits!
And thank God above the shooters can’t hit the broad side of a barn; because for at least one more day my hero in blue gets to patrol her beat again.

By: Escambia resident

Escambia resident — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 06:46:43 +0000

I’d never want to do that job. Way to risky… And stressful dealing with all the unpredictable mentally ill and wild drug addicts. I personally think they need to hire more police for drug raids and start cleaning up the streets. I’ll pay more in taxes. Build a bigger jail, hire more police and for heaven’s sake give them A RAISE! Many of these drug addicts need to go be in jail and prison for a while and get them off my street. I am tired of seeing all these crazy drugged up people walking down Cervantes. Escambia county commissioners/Pensacola city need to do more in helping the law enforcement agencies.

By: nod

nod — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 03:50:58 +0000

It is time for the cops to take back the streets with all out war against criminals. Criminals are the scum of the earth and should not be allowed to be around descent law abidding people. If I am wrong then what?

By: anne 1of2

anne 1of2 — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:07:02 +0000

God blessed the Officer, that is all I want to say.

By: Gene

Gene — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 23:59:48 +0000

Glad she is ok . am all the way in texas

By: Seriously?

Seriously? — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 23:53:00 +0000

@Dina. We need new County Commissioners too. They’re building a brand new jail that houses several hundred less inmates than we have on roll.