ENFORCING STAY-AT-HOME ORDER

Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan says deputies will not be stopping and arresting people for leaving their homes under the governor’s new stay-at-home order. The Sheriff said his department interpreted the governor’s order as a warning and a request for people vulnerable to COVID-19 to limit their travel and gatherings as much as possible. The sheriff did say that his deputies and other law enforcement agencies would be targeting large gatherings, and asked individuals, organizations and businesses to use good judgement and observe social distancing guidelines of groups of less than 10 kept apart at six-foot intervals.