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In one of many efforts to address crime issues in Montgomery and other metro areas in the state, State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) has pre-filed a bill for the 2025 legislative session to create a compulsory intervention program for non-violent juvenile offenders.
Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham recently boasted of the success of the recently formed, multi-agency task force designed to reduce rampant crime in Alabama’s capital city and pushed for a statewide ban on Glock switches.
Police have charged a second 18-year-old suspect in the June triple homicide at a Mexican grocery store that sent shockwaves through the community and increased the outcry for city leadership to address violent crime.
Despite recent speculation that Alabama's Big 10 Mayors would soon be meeting to discuss repealing the state's permitless carry law, Big 10 chairman Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson says that is not the case.
In the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting in Birmingham’s Five Points South, Gov. Kay Ivey said she would be willing to implement a joint law enforcement program to combat violence in the city like the one already showing success in Montgomery, which has faced similar spikes in violent crime.
In a Friday update on the new Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit, designed to address escalating crime in the capital city, state and local law enforcement officials boasted of the unit’s success in impacting crime in the area.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed boasted on X about rankings given by the U.S. News & World Report real estate section before deleting the tweet after erroneously claiming the city was listed as one of the top 10 places to live.
On Friday, Attorney General Steve Marshall applauded the successful effort of a newly formed, multi-agency task force to address Montgomery's ever-escalating crime issue.
Mobile Police Department Sgt. John Young recently criticized Montgomery City leadership for failing to address the real issues making young black men the majority of victims and perpetrators of violent crime.
State and local law enforcement officials gathered at the old House chambers in the Capitol building on Wednesday to discuss the launch of a new crime prevention initiative to combat the escalating crime in Montgomery.
Police recently arrested and charged a 19-year-old for the June murder of Darius Gunn, 27, of Montgomery.
Keanete Shipp, 21, of Montgomery, who is out on bond for trafficking drugs and other contraband into the Elmore County Correctional Facility in April, was recently re-arrested in Montgomery for several felonies, including attempted murder.
State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle), the sponsor of the 2022 legislation removing the state’s requirement for a concealed carry permit, recently slammed Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed’s continued blaming the bill for escalating crime in Alabama’s capital city.
On Thursday, a task force of the attorney general’s office and U.S. Marshalls arrested a Montgomery County man on a charge of Human Trafficking in the First Degree for commercial sex acts involving a juvenile.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed held a town hall on Tuesday, during which citizens had the opportunity to voice concerns over public safety, infrastructure, housing and other community issues.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed is still asking the public to come forward with information on the triple homicide at a Hispanic grocery store that occurred last month.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed has retained the services of a public safety recruitment firm to help the city find a permanent police chief as the city continues to face an escalating crime epidemic.
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested an 18-year-old in the triple homicide at a Mexican grocery store that sent shockwaves through the community and increased the outcry for city leadership to address violent crime.
A Montgomery man out on bond for bond for three counts of attempted murder was recently re-arrested for possessing drugs with the intent to distribute.
Governor Kay Ivey’s office recently said that she is considering both long and short-term solutions to address the recent crime wave in Montgomery that recently led to stray gunfire hitting a government office in the downtown area.
Lawmakers continue to push back against Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed’s attempts to exculpate himself from the growing crime in Montgomery by blaming the state for passing constitutional carry in 2022.
Montgomery has been at the center of state headlines in recent months. The city is no stranger to violent crime. However, a recent slew of brutal shootings and robberies have multiplied the voices calling for city leadership to make public safety a higher priority.
At a Sunday evening press conference, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed joined members of local, state and federal law enforcement to address a shooting that injured at least 13 earlier that day.
With pledged contributions from Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and several city council members, the reward for information regarding the triple murder that occurred outside a Hispanic grocery store now sits at $40,000.
State Sen. Lance Bell (R-Pell City) recently took Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed to task for blaming the recent crime wave in Montgomery on the legislature’s actions two years ago, removing state-mandated concealed carry permits.
On Wednesday, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and interim Police Chief John Hall spoke regarding the triple murder that occurred in the city on the Troy Highway Tuesday night.
A Republican lawmaker pushed back against Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed’s chief of staff Chip Hill’s prolonged weekend gun-violence screed in which he both denied the existence of rampant crime in Montgomery and blamed the violence on Alabama’s gun laws.