Tag: police
First-ever mobile app on the way for Birmingham police
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement to create a mobile app for the Birmingham Police Department...
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...
4-year-old Birmingham girl shot; suspect in custody, police say
Times staff report
A suspect is in custody in connection with a shooting that seriously injured a 4-year-old girl Sunday night in Marks Village, police...
Attorney Ben Crump, Bradford family angry after Alabama AG says Hoover...
Times staff report
The lawyer for the family of a 21-year-old black man shot and killed by Hoover police on Thanksgiving night said it was...
AG: No charges for Hoover police officer in Bradford Jr. killing
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today informed the Hoover Police Department and the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation that the Hoover police officer who...
One Birmingham police officer killed, another critical after shooting
ABC3340.com
A Birmingham police officer is dead and another is critically wounded while investigating a car burglary.
The deceased officer has been identified as Sergeant Wytasha...
Sheila Tyson to Galleria Mall protesters: organize; remain peaceful
Times Staff Report
Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson said comments about her calling for a boycott at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover were incorrect.
Tyson said...
Alabama mall shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama on Saturday were searching for a gunman whom they believe was responsible for shooting two teenagers at...
Mayor Randall Woodfin names new Birmingham police chief
By Chanda Temple
Public Information Officer/Birmingham
Mayor Randall L. Woodfin today announced Patrick D. Smith will be Birmingham’s new police chief.
Smith has 28 years of law...
