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Under interim Chief Michael Pickett's leadership, the city has seen an almost 50 percent decrease in homicides in the first quarter of 2025, and a homicide clearance rate well above the national average.
Read More →Mac Marquette, who was fired from the Decatur Police Department, has been charged with murder in the Sept. 29, 2023, shooting of Steve Perkins. Marquette's attorneys had argued that he should be immune from prosecution.
Read More →Local and federal officials say they hope the new legislation will result in a more efficient apprehension of people in possession of Glock switches.
Read More →Those in violation of the law would be charged with a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $6,000 fine.
Read More →A Vestavia, Alabama, police officer who was helping out in Calera after the storm found the family standing in the rain after their mobile home was wrecked.
Read More →Birmingham ended 2024 with 152 homicides, the highest number of killings in the city ever, breaking the record of 148 set in 1933. The lowlight of a violent year was the Sept. 21 mass shooting at the Hush Lounge that killed four.
Read More →A Cullman County Grand Jury recommended in February that the Hanceville Police Department be abolished immediately, and “any current or former officer of Hanceville Police Department indicted be suspended from law enforcement.
Read More →Five Hanceville police officers were arrested and charged amid a probe into the department, Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker said. The spouse of one of the officers was also charged, he said.
Read More →“In today’s age when it comes to recruiting for law enforcement positions its a very competitive environment and this Army pays program is just one more things that works to our advantage to get the best and brightest," said Captain Mark Bishop.
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Irondale police Lt. Mark Meadows, 60, was setting out cones at an intersection outside the Church of the Highlands' main campus when he was hit by a man driving a Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck.
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