Tag: MONTGOMERY POLICE

I’m not writing this because I suddenly developed an interest in politics. I’m writing this because I’ve seen what happens when people entrusted with power operate without real accountability and the cost of doing wrong isn’t carried by the wrongdoer.

Republican Alabama Attorney General candidate Katherine Robertson said on Thursday “her immediate priority” as Alabama’s chief law enforcement officer will be passage of legislation that allows for state intervention if the Montgomery Police Department (MPD) fails to maintain minimum staffing requirements.

Legislation setting minimum staffing standards for law enforcement agencies in Montgomery and Huntsville died in the House on Thursday.

In a recent podcast appearance alongside former Montgomery Police officer, Aaron Cody Smith, who was imprisoned after an on-the-job shooting in 2019, former Supreme Court Justice and candidate for the state’s attorney general, Jay Mitchell, spoke on the perceived shortcomings the current AG’s office displays with officer-involved shooting prosecutions.

Members of the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee passed legislation on Wednesday setting minimum staffing standards for law enforcement agencies in Montgomery and Huntsville.

The Alabama Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that sets minimum staffing standards for law enforcement agencies in Montgomery and Huntsville.

The city of Montgomery paid $243,530 to a Louisiana private security company on March 10 despite the Montgomery City Council considering terminating the contract at a recent meeting.

To suggest SB298 is simply an attempt to take power away from a black mayor is laughable. 

The Montgomery Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own after an unexpected medical event. Corporal David Michael Hathcock passed away on Monday, just one day after his 48th birthday.

A Montgomery Police vehicle crashed into a Montgomery Academy student’s vehicle on Wednesday.

The Montgomery Police Department hasn’t signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to join the Metro Area Crime Suppression Unit. 

Rising crime has been a perennial issue in Montgomery, recently highlighted by a late-night shootout downtown that left two dead and 14 injured. Mayor Steven Reed has tried to blame the violence on the state’s “lax” gun laws, but State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) said it’s due to the mayor’s inability or unwillingness to prioritize public safety.

A Montgomery man is charged with capital murder in the death of a man investigators believe was killed during a sexual assault.

Montgomery police arrested Dantavious McGhee, 19, on Monday for one count of capital murder, nine counts of assault first degree, and three counts of assault second degree for his alleged role in a deadly downtown shootout on Bibb and Commerce Street on October 4. 

The Montgomery Police Department (MPD) announced on Tuesday the hiring of 24-year Baltimore Police Department veteran chief Ettice Brickus to serve as the department’s next chief of staff.

A Montgomery man will spend 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to illegal possession of a machinegun.

A Montgomery man has been arrested and federally charged in connection with a brutal robbery and assault of a very familiar Montgomery business owner earlier this month.

A $5,000 reward is now being offered for detail in a harrowing robbery where the owner of a Montgomery staple business was assaulted, tied up, and robbed at gunpoint by four masked men.

A Montgomery police officer working with the Metro Area Crime Suppression (MACS) Unit was injured in a traffic stop on Saturday night.

Lawmakers intend to add further teeth to proposed legislation mandating every county and municipal law enforcement agency to disclose annually how many officers are on staff, with a special emphasis applied to Birmingham and Montgomery.

Two 18-year-olds in Montgomery have been charged with murder, and one is accused of shooting at a responding police officer in a shooting that shut down a portion of Zelda Road in Montgomery on Tuesday.

Montgomery Councilman Oronde Mitchell recently discussed increasing concerns with the city’s 911 call center, including lengthy wait times when the phone is picked up.

Montgomery Police arrested two separate individuals on Thursday in connection with two separate murders earlier this year, with one suspect including a 19-year-old male.

The Montgomery Police Department (MPD) announced on Monday that it had begun disciplinary proceedings against 32-year-old police officer D’Anthony Green after he was charged with Domestic Violence - third-degree assault on Saturday.

The Montgomery Police Department (MPD) announced on Thursday the arrest of a 23-year-old Montgomery man, charging him with capital murder in the death of a six-month-old baby earlier this month.

One victim has died in last week’s Montgomery shooting, where five people, including two juveniles, were shot.

An investigation is currently underway in Montgomery after five people, including two juveniles, were shot on Wednesday evening.