Each chief deputy serves as a member of the senior command staff and assists the sheriff in managing civilian and commissioned personnel.

[5] In April 2014 a natural gas explosion rocked the jail, causing some to reconsider the wisdom of direct Commission administration.

Henri Peire, a former privateer and colonel in the United States Army, was named the first sheriff by General Andrew Jackson.

[9] In the 21st century relations between the Escambia County Sheriff's Office and federal law enforcement were occasionally strained.

[5] In February 2015 Sheriff Morgan severed ties with both the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force headed by the FBI, and the U.S.

[16][17] Escambia County Sheriff's office investigation into the June 8, 2017 death of Deanna Stevison has also been called out as controversial, due to the lack of follow-up on evidence contradicting the claims made by the three suspects in their police interviews, and the former employment of one of the suspects by Escambia County Sheriff's office and her relationship with the lead investigator of this case.