Tag: Birmingham police
As Homicides Escalate, Birmingham Times, AL.com Launch Joint Series on Gun...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
First in a series
Earlier this year, Yasmine Wright, a 10th grader at Wenonah High School, left her job at...
Retired Birmingham Police Weigh In on City’s Growing Homicides
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Homicides are up across America, and Birmingham is no different. Local law enforcement points out, however, that “total” violent crime...
Mayor and City Council Assure Birmingham Police of Higher Pay
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
On Tuesday, when a “disproportionate” number of Birmingham police officers called in sick for work, Mayor Randall Woodfin and multiple...
What Birmingham Residents Are Saying About BPD’s $3M Crime Center
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham’s newly unveiled $3 million Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) is a “huge leap forward” for the Birmingham Police Department (BPD)...
Family, activists demand answers in officer-involved shooting of 28-year-old
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Desmon Ray Jr. had a big smile and even bigger heart, remembered family members during a candlelight vigil Thursday...
Mayor Woodfin Announces Task Force to Review Police Dept.
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Following up on his pledge to review safety standards of the Birmingham police department, Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday announced...
Police Chief Patrick Smith: Homicides are down; but one category remains...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith said recently he was alarmed at the number of black males being killed in the...
Housing Authority proposes $1.8M contract with BPD to provide safety
Times staff report
The Birmingham Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a proposed $1.8 million contract with the Birmingham Police Department for extra...
Arrest made in shooting death of BPD Sergeant Wytasha Carter
ABC 33/40
A 31-year-old suspect is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Birmingham Police Sergeant Wytasha Carter.
Jeremy Owens is charged with one...
Area’s top law enforcement officials address killings of black males
By Nathan Turner Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
With a “disproportionate” number of African American boys and men killed and incarcerated in Jefferson County and surrounding...
