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The following people have served as Sheriff of Escambia County:{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left:15px; margin-right:0; margin-top:0;"
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|+ '''Sheriffs of Escambia County'''
! Name || Tenure
| [[James Pendleton]] || [[1829]] - [[1830]]
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| [[Florencio Commyns]] || [[1830]]{{date uncertain}} - [[1837]]
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| [[Jesse Allen]] || [[1837]] - [[1840]]
| [[Ron McNesby]] || [[2001]] - present
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The '''Escambia County Sheriff''' is the chief law enforcement official of [[Escambia County]], which was established with the transfer from Spain in [[1821]]. The current sheriff is [[Ron McNesby]].
==History==
[[Henri Peire]], a former privateer and colonel in the United States army, was named the first sheriff (then called "[[Wikipedia:alguazil|alguazil]]") by General [[Andrew Jackson]].<ref>Other records show a man named [[William Loftin]], a resident of the [[Oyster Bay]]/[[St. Andrews]] area (modern day [[Panama City]]) as being appointed sheriff of "Florida's Western District," another designation for the territory west of the [[Wikipedia:Suwanee River|]].</ref>
==Duties==
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==Election==
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==Budget==
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==Staff==
:''Main article: [[Escambia County Sheriff's Office]]''
==External links==
[http://www.escambiaso.com/ Official site]
==References==
*[[John Appleyard]]. ''The Peacekeepers: the Story of Escambia County, Florida's 43 Sheriffs''. 2007.
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