List of law enforcement agencies in Alabama
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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Alabama.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 417 law enforcement agencies employing 11,631 sworn police officers, about 251 for each 100,000 residents.[1]
State Agencies
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is a law enforcement agency serving the U.S. state of Alabama. It was formed on 1 January 2015 by the merger of the following state law enforcement agencies:[2][3]
- Alabama Department of Homeland Security
- Alabama Department of Public Safety
- Alabama Bureau of Investigation
- Alabama Fusion Center
- Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center
- Alabama Marine Police
- Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Enforcement
- Alabama Department of Revenue Enforcement
- Alabama Forestry Commission Investigations
- Alabama Agricultural and Industry Investigations
- Alabama Public Service Commission Enforcement
- Alabama Office of Prosecution Service Computer Forensics Lab
The following agencies continue to exist independently:
- Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division
- Conservation Enforcement Division
- Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole
- Alabama State Parks Ranger Service
- Alabama State Lands Security
- Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division
- Alabama Department of Corrections
- Bureau of Special Investigations
- Alabama Department of Mental Health Police
- Alabama Securities Commission
- Alabama State Port Authority Police
- Alabama Department of Insurance
- State Fire Marshal's Office
- Marshals of the Alabama Appellate Courts
- Alabama National Guard Military Police/Security Forces (under state gubernatorial control unless federalized under Title 10 of the United States Code)
County agencies
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Municipal agencies
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College and university agencies
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Federal and other agencies
Badge of a Deputy U.S. Marshal
- United States Marshals Service (federal agency which by statute has the authority of the sheriff in any local jurisdiction [25])(Office of the United States Marshal for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama)
- Other federal agencies (including the FBI, DEA, ATF, USSS, VA Police, etc.)
- Military Police (active and reserve of the various United States Armed Forces)
- Alabama Protection Services of Homeland Security
- Birmingham Office of the Inspector General
- Guntersville Fire Marshal's Office
- Huntsville-Madison Airport Police (Huntsville International Airport Police Department)
- Marshall Space Flight Center Protective Services Office
- Alabama State Defense Force Military Police (if any, remains under gubernatorial control)
- Briarwood Presbyterian Church and School Police (Proposed)
See also
References
- ↑ 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
- ↑ "Merging 12 Alabama law enforcement agencies will increase safety, save money, officials say". AL.com. Associated Press. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ↑ "About ALEA". Website of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. State of Alabama. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ↑ Official website accessed 9 September 2014
- ↑ Thornton, William (29 May 2015). "2 face charges over Rainbow City CVS shooting incident". AL.com. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ↑ Burnside, Vanessa (4 January 2012). "Reserve deputy dies when gun discharges". Randolph Leader. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
- ↑ Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
- ↑ Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
- ↑ Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
- ↑ Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
- ↑ "Webb Police Officer Arrested". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ "Police Department". Official web site. Ashville, Alabama. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ "Fiscally strapped Fairfield votes to disband police department". AL.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ Killen Alabama man charged with multiple bank robberies; 11 August 2014, privateofficer.com
- ↑ White, Elizabeth (16 July 2015). "AL police chief sold gun, ammo to person living in US illegally". WTMV. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "K-9 dies after being left in hot patrol car". KMBC. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ Forehand, Michale (30 January 2017). "Headland police offering active shooter response training". Dothan Eagle. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Police". Madison Alabama official site. Madison Alabama. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ Recording of Pelham police mocking disabled children raises complaints, concerns about agency; by Martin J Reed, 30 December 2014, AL.com accessed 1 January 2015
- ↑ "Prattville police looking for forged check suspect". Montgomery Adveriser. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ Thornton, William (29 May 2015). "2 face charges over Rainbow City CVS shooting incident". AL.com. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ↑ Dethrage, Stephen. "Tuscaloosa County probate judge denies gay couples marriage licenses, citing Roy Moore's order". AL.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ↑ "Webb Police Officer Arrested". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/564
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