Tag: law enforcement
Montgomery Public Safety Director Chris Murphy announces retirement
Montgomery Public Safety Directory (MPDS) Chris Murphy will retire from city service at the end of year after seven years with the city and 40 years in...
Bradley Byrne: Police Week about honoring law enforcement
Last week, we celebrated National Police Week with events in the nation’s capital and in communities right here in Southwest Alabama. These ceremonies served...
Legislative Medal of Honor presented to Lincoln police officer
The Alabama Legislature honored a Lincoln, Ala. police officer for exhibiting extraordinary courage in the line of duty.
Zack Tutten of the Lincoln Police Department in Talladega...
Don’t shoot: University of Alabama using virtual reality, neuroscience to improve...
University of Alabama researchers are using a novel approach to learn how police officers react to “shoot, don’t shoot” situations: measuring brain waves during...
New orders by Donald Trump make law and order a key...
With Jeff Sessions sworn in as the nation's attorney general, the Trump administration signaled some of its priorities for a revamped Justice Department in...
Shootings drive up number of police killed in line of duty
Ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and other shootings around the country led to a sharp increase in the number of police killed...
Police shooting affects presidential politics in Charlotte
The killing of a black man by a Charlotte police officer, and the sometimes violent protests that followed, have intensified the political divide in...
Mo Brooks defends law enforcement from Obama Administration’s ‘war on police’
Alabama 5th District U.S. Congressman Mo Brooks is taking a stand for America's police officers.
Standing before his peers in the U.S. House of Representatives, Brooks spoke out...
The Birmingham Police Department and the curious case of unanswered questions
My home burglary story isn’t different than most — while my house was unattended someone broke in through a back window, stole a television and...
Hillary Clinton meeting with top law enforcement leaders in New York
Hillary Clinton is poised to meet Thursday with a group of top law enforcement leaders, including the retiring New York City police commissioner who...