Birmingham Police Department
| Birmingham Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | BPD |
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Patch of the Birmingham Police Department | |
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Badge of the Birmingham Police Department | |
| Motto | To Protect & Serve |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1871 |
| Employees | 901 (Uniformed) |
| Annual budget | $86.3 Million (FY 2013) [1] |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Birmingham in the state of Alabama, USA |
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| Map of Birmingham Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 151.9 square miles (393 km2) |
| Population | 229,800 |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Agency executive | A. C. Roper, Chief of Police |
| Divisions |
8
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| Facilities | |
| Precincts |
4
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| Other facilities |
6
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| Website | |
| Birmingham Police Website | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Birmingham Police Department (BPD) is the police department of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States.
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Birmingham Police Department, 47 officers have died in the line of duty.[2]
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