List of law enforcement agencies in Alabama

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Alabama.

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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

• Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
• 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 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

Autauga County Sheriff's Office[2] Baldwin County Sheriff's Office[3] Barbour County Sheriff's Office[4] Bibb County Sheriff's Department[5] Blount County Sheriff's Office Bullock County Sheriff's Office Butler County Sheriff's Office Calhoun County Sheriff's Department Chambers County Sheriff's Office Cherokee County Sheriff's Department Chilton County Sheriff's Department Choctaw County Sheriff's Department Clarke County Sheriff's Office Clay County Sheriff's Office Cleburne County Sheriff's Office Coffee County Sheriff's Office Colbert County Sheriff's Department Conecuh County Sheriff's Office Coosa County Sheriff's Office Covington County Sheriff's Office Crenshaw County Sheriff's Office Cullman County Sheriff's Office Dale County Sheriff's Office

Dallas County Sheriff's Office DeKalb County Sheriff's Office[6] Elmore County Sheriff's Office[7] Escambia County Sheriff's Department Etowah County Sheriff's Office[8] Fayette County Sheriff’s Office Franklin County Sheriff's Office Geneva County Sheriff's Office Greene County Sheriff's Office Hale County Sheriff's Office Henry County Sheriff's Office Houston County Community Corrections Houston County Sheriff's Department Jackson County Sheriff's Office Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Lamar County Sheriff's Office Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office Lawrence County Sheriff's Office Lee County Sheriff's Department Limestone County Sheriff's Office[9] Lowndes County Sheriff's Office Macon County Sheriff's Office Madison County Sheriff's Department

Marengo County Sheriff's Office Marion County Sheriff's Office Marshall County Sheriff's Office Mobile County Sheriff's Department Monroe County Sheriff's Office Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Morgan County Sheriff's Office Perry County Sheriff's Office Pickens County Sheriff's Office Pike County Sheriff's Office Randolph County Sheriff's Office[10] Russell County Sheriff's Office Saint Clair County Sheriff's Office Shelby County Sheriff's Department Sumter County Sheriff's Office Talladega County Sheriff's Office Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office Walker County Sheriff's Department Washington County Sheriff's Department Wilcox County Sheriff's Office Winston County Sheriff's Office

Municipal agencies

Abbeville Police Department Adamsville Police Department Alabaster Police Department Albertville Police Department Aliceville Police Department[11] Alexander City Police Department[12] Altoona Police Department[13] Andalusia Police Department[14] Anniston Police Department[15] Arab Police Department[16] Ardmore Police Department Ashford Police Department[17] Ashville Police Department[18] Athens Police Department Atmore Police Department Attalla Police Department Auburn Police Department Bay Minette Police Department Bayou La Batre Police Department Bessemer Police Department Birmingham Police Department Blountsville Police Department Boaz Police Department Brantley Police Department Brewton Police Department Bridgeport Police Department Brookwood Police Department Brundidge Police Department

Calera Police Department Camp Hill Police Department Centre Police Department Centreville Police Department Chatom Police Department Cherokee Police Department Childersburg Police Department Citronelle Police Department Clanton Police Department Clayton Police Department Coaling Police Department Collinsville Police Department Columbia Police Department Columbiana Police Department Cordova Police Department Cottonwood Police Department Courtland Police Department Cullman Police Department Dadeville Police Department Daleville Police Department Daphne Police Department Dauphin Island Police Department Decatur Police Department Demopolis Police Department Dothan Police Department Enterprise Police Department

Eufaula Police Department Fairfield Police Department Flomaton Police Department Florala Police Department Florence Police Department[19] Fort Payne Police Department Franklin Police Department[20] Fyffe Police Department Gadsden Police Department Gardendale Police Department Geraldine Police Department [21] Glencoe Police Department Guin Police Department Gordo Police Department Gulf Shores Police Department[22] Guntersville Police Department Gurley Police Department Hamilton Police Department Hanceville Police Department Hartford Police Department Headland Police Department[23] Heflin Police Department Hillsboro Police Department Homewood Police Department Hoover Police Department Huntsville Police Department Hueytown Police Department Jacksonville Police Department Kinston Police Department Kinsey Police Department Lake View Police Department Lanett Police Department Leeds Police Department Level Plains Police Department

Lincoln Police Department Madison Police Department[24] Mentone Police Department Midland City Police Department Millbrook Police Department Mobile Police Department Montevallo Police Department Montgomery Police Department Moulton Police Department Moody Police Department Mount Vernon Police Department Napier Field Police Department Newton Police Department North Courtland Police Department Northport Police Department Opp Police Department Police Department[25] Orange Beach Police Department Owens Cross Police Department Pelham Police Department[26] Pelham Fire Marshal Pelham School Resource Officers Prattville Police Department[27] Prichard Police Department[28] Rainbow City Police Department[29] Rainsville Police Department Pinckard Police Department Tallassee Police Department[30] Town Creek Police Department Tuscaloosa Police Department[31] Saginaw Police Department Sylvania Police Department Vance Police Department[32] Vestavia Hills Police Department Webb Police Department[33]

College and university agencies

Alabama A&M University Police Department Alabama State University Police Department Auburn University Department of Public Safety Birmingham Southern College Police and Security Calhoun Community College Police Department Faulkner University Police Department Gadsden State Community College Security and Safety Office Jacksonville State University Police Department Jefferson State Community College Department of the Police Lawson State Community College Police Department Miles College Police Department Russell Community College Public Safety Department Samford University Police Department

Southern Union Community College Public Safety Department Stillman College Police Department Tuskegee University Campus Police Troy University Police Department University of Alabama Police Department University of Alabama at Birmingham Police Department University of Mobile Department of Public Safety University of Montevallo Department of Public Safety [34] University of North Alabama Police Department University of South Alabama Police Department University of West Alabama Police Department Wallace State Community College Police Department University of Alabama in Huntsville Police Department

Defunct agencies

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency was formed on 1 January 2015 by the merger of the following state law enforcement agencies:[35][36]

• 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
• Fairfield Police Department[37]

See also

• Law enforcement in the United States
• Federal law enforcement in the United States
• List of United States state and local law enforcement agencies

References

1. 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
2. "Autauga County, Alabama". Autauga County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
3. "Home". Baldwin County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
4. "Barbour County Sheriff's Office". Barbour County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
5. "Sheriff's Department". Bibb County. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
6. Official website accessed 9 September 2014
7. "Official Home Page". Elmore County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
8. Thornton, William (29 May 2015). "2 face charges over Rainbow City CVS shooting incident". AL.com. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
9. "Limestone County Sheriff's Office". Limestone County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
10. Burnside, Vanessa (4 January 2012). "Reserve deputy dies when gun discharges". Randolph Leader. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
11. Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
12. Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
13. Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
14. Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
15. "Anniston Police department has two Hate Group Members on the Force". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
16. Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
17. "Webb Police Officer Arrested". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
18. "Police Department". Official web site. Ashville, Alabama. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
19. Killen Alabama man charged with multiple bank robberies; 11 August 2014, privateofficer.com
20. White, Elizabeth (16 July 2015). "AL police chief sold gun, ammo to person living in US illegally". WTMV. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
21. "Police DEPT". Town of Geraldine. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
22. "K-9 dies after being left in hot patrol car". KMBC. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
23. Forehand, Michale (30 January 2017). "Headland police offering active shooter response training". Dothan Eagle. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
24. "Police". Madison Alabama official site. Madison Alabama. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
25. "Police Department". City of Opp. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
26. 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
27. "Prattville police looking for forged check suspect". Montgomery Adveriser. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
28. "Police Department". City of Prichard. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
29. Thornton, William (29 May 2015). "2 face charges over Rainbow City CVS shooting incident". AL.com. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
30. "Police Department". City of Tallassee. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
31. Dethrage, Stephen. "Tuscaloosa County probate judge denies gay couples marriage licenses, citing Roy Moore's order". AL.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
32. "Police Department". Town of Vance. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
33. "Webb Police Officer Arrested". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
34. https://www.montevallo.edu/campus-life/campus-safety/public-safety/
35. "Merging 12 Alabama law enforcement agencies will increase safety, save money, officials say". AL.com. Associated Press. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
36. "About ALEA". Website of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. State of Alabama. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
37. "Fiscally strapped Fairfield votes to disband police department". AL.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.