Tag: officer
Dr. David Hicks Takes Office as First Black Jefferson County (AL)...
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
David Hicks, DO, on Monday officially took office as Jefferson County’s Health Officer, making him the first African American to...
Birmingham City Schools Open with Focus on Alabama Literacy Act
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
When Birmingham City Schools opened on Monday students entered a new academic school year with an intense focus on...
Jefferson County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wilson to Step Down by...
By Roy S. Johnson | rjohnson@al.com
Jefferson County health officer Dr. Mark Wilson, one of the region’s most prominent and influential voices during the height of the...
Behind Allen Greene’s surprise announcement to leave as Auburn’s AD
By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com
As the 2022-23 athletic year gets underway, Auburn will be in search of a new athletics director to lead the Tigers’...
Ensley Native Lost Son to Gun Violence. How He Found Strength...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Ensley neighborhood native Ernest Brown, compliance officer and dean of academics at Maranathan Academy in Birmingham, goes above and...
Brookside’s traffic ticketing scandal leads to police chief’s resignation
By Erik Ortiz
www.msn.com
Brookside, a former mining community of about 1,250 near Birmingham, with a median household income less than $40,000, has no traffic lights...
More funding for police department, not less, says Birmingham (Ala.) chief
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Defunding the police department is a not good idea and could cost lives, said Birmingham Police Department (BPD) Chief Patrick...
WHITE OFFICER WON’T FACE CHARGES IN KILLING OF CLEVELAND BOY
BY MARK GILLISPIE
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A grand jury declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a...
Former Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw Found Guilty Of Rape
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma City police officer was convicted Thursday of 18 of the 36 counts he faced, including four counts...
AP: OFFICER SEX CASES PLAGUED BY LAX SUPERVISION, POLICIES
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- As darkness falls, the most tattered section of this town's main drag feels more desperate with each passing hour....