Tag: POLICE

For too long, the men and women who wear the badge have been treated as political punching bags instead of the heroes they are.

The Gulf Shores City Council will consider a resolution banning alcohol on beaches for the Spring Break period.

Blue states, red states – who cares? Victims of crime don’t want your politics. They want to live free from those who seek to do them harm.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) changed its Code of Ethics for the first time since 1957, omitting the word "God."

The Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday on a bill allowing criminal charges for approaching or remaining within 25 feet of a first responder when commanded and for cursing or using obscene gestures.   

Despite hours of democratic protests, the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday passed several bills aimed at bolstering public safety, most from the Gov. Kay Ivey-backed Safe Alabama Package.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed two bills and one resolution in Gov. Kay Ivey’s “Safe Alabama” public safety package, including one bill creating scholarships for long-term law enforcement officers’ dependents and another that allows the pardons and paroles board and other state agencies to electronically monitor certain juvenile offenders.

The city of Fairhope will host a Narcan training event on July 31, after receiving $4,752 from a statewide opioid settlement.

Alabama's port city is a sister city to Ariel, Israel, and Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson has voiced support for families there since the October 2023 terrorist attacks. However, that support has not been monetary, despite some recent rumors.

The 2024 Orange Beach Invasion is this weekend and police are getting ready for over 70,000 visitors.

The man arrested for a March 27, 2023 shooting near The Hangout restaurant and Gulf Place in Gulf Shores has been granted a reduced bond with conditions of house arrest and GPS monitoring.

Marco Antonio Perez, 24, of Theodore, was sentenced to death for the capital murder of Mobile Police officer Sean Tuder.

Three hundred and seventy-eight cops nationwide including eight from Alabama were shot in the line of duty in 2023.

The Huntsville City Council on Thursday voted 4-1 in favor of a $600,000 settlement with the family of an intellectually disabled man who claimed he was injured by two Huntsville Police Department officers.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall gave a powerful speech to Huntsville's newest police officers on Friday. Other speakers included Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle and Huntsville Police Chief Kirk Giles.

The Gulf Shores tattoo artist accused of trying to rape a woman in the parking lot of Mud Bugs Pub & Club in August of 2022 has been scheduled for trial.

The guilty verdict in a deadly road rage case in Jefferson County was upheld by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals earlier this month.

The man arrested for a March 27 shooting near The Hangout restaurant and Gulf Place in Gulf Shores will have a bond hearing this week.

From Sunday to Thursday, a group of former Navy SEALS and other military personnel train law enforcement agents from multiple departments in tactical fundamentals which they can apply in various situations, such as issuing a warrant or even in a school shooting. 

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and Birmingham Police Department (BPD) Chief Scott Thurmond both weighed in on the killing of Tyre Nichols by several police officers in Memphis on January 7.

Years of work and legislation to support law enforcement dealing with the mental health crisis in Alabama are paying off statewide.

While many potential factors contribute to the wave of aggressive behavior toward police, State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) suggested synthetic drugs could play a role in irrational behavior.

A law enforcement agency from another state is attempting to hire officers away from the Birmingham area.

Vandals targeted an Alabama construction company executive’s home in Mountain Brook last week, apparently because the company was hired to build a police training facility in a forested area near Atlanta.

Outraged parents in Trussville are planning to gather at the next city council meeting to address issues following the discovery of a “death notebook” that was kept from them for nearly a year.

Aerial drones have become a popular tool for police departments across the country over the past five years.

The Vincent City Council on Thursday voted to "temporarily abolish" the city's entire police department.