List of law enforcement agencies in Alabama

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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Alabama.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 417 law enforcement agencies employing 11,631 sworn police officers, about 251 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

State Agencies

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is a law enforcement agency serving the U.S. state of Alabama. It was formed on 1 January 2015 by the merger of the following state law enforcement agencies:^[2][3]

• Alabama Department of Homeland Security
• Alabama Department of Public Safety
• Alabama Bureau of Investigation
• Alabama Fusion Center
• Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center
• Alabama Marine Police
• Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Enforcement
• Alabama Department of Revenue Enforcement
• Alabama Forestry Commission Investigations
• Alabama Agricultural and Industry Investigations
• Alabama Public Service Commission Enforcement
• Alabama Office of Prosecution Service Computer Forensics Lab

The following agencies continue to exist independently:

• Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
  • Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division
    • Conservation Enforcement Division
  • Alabama State Parks Ranger Service
  • Alabama State Lands Security
• Alabama Department of Corrections
• Alabama Department of Mental Health Police
  • Bureau of Special Investigations
• Alabama Securities Commission
• Alabama State Port Authority Police
• Alabama Department of Insurance
  • State Fire Marshal's Office
• Alabama Attorney General's Office

County agencies

Autauga County Sheriff’s Office Baldwin County Sheriff’s Department Barbour County Sheriff’s Office Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Blount County Sheriff's Office Bullock County Sheriff's Office Butler County Sheriff's Office Calhoun County Sheriff's Department Chambers County Sheriff's Office Cherokee County Sheriff's Department Chilton County Sheriff's Department Choctaw County Sheriff's Department Clarke County Sheriff's Office Clay County Sheriff's Office Cleburne County Sheriff's Office Coffee County Sheriff's Office Colbert County Sheriff's Department Conecuh County Sheriff’s Office Coosa County Sheriff’s Office Covington County Sheriff’s Office Crenshaw County Sheriff’s Office Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Dale County Sheriff’s Office

Dallas County Sheriff’s Office DeKalb County Sheriff's Office[4] Elmore County Sheriff’s Office Escambia County Sheriff's Department Etowah County Sheriff’s Office [5] Fayette County Sheriff’s Office Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Geneva County Sheriff’s Office Greene County Sheriff’s Office Hale County Sheriff’s Office Henry County Sheriff’s Office Houston County Community Corrections Houston County Sheriff's Department Jackson County Sheriff's Office Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Lamar County Sheriff's Office Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office Lawrence County Sheriff's Office Lee County Sheriff's Department Limestone County Sheriff's Office Lowndes County Sheriff's Office Macon County Sheriff's Office Madison County Sheriff's Department

Marengo County Sheriff's Office Marion County Sheriff's Office Marshall County Sheriff's Office Mobile County Sheriff's Department Monroe County Sheriff's Office Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Morgan County Sheriff's Office Perry County Sheriff's Office Pickens County Sheriff's Office Pike County Sheriff's Office Randolph County Sheriff's Office [6] Russell County Sheriff's Office Saint Clair County Sheriff's Office Shelby County Sheriff's Department Sumter County Sheriff's Office Talladega County Sheriff's Office Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office Walker County Sheriff's Department Washington County Sheriff's Department Wilcox County Sheriff's Office Winston County Sheriff's Office

City agencies

Abbeville Police Department [7] Albertville City Police Department [8] Aliceville City Police Department [9] Alabaster Police Department [10] Alexander City Police Department [11] Altoona Police Department [12] Andalusia Police Department [13] Anniston Police Department [14] Arab Police Department [15] Ashford Police Department [16] Ashville Police Department [17] Atmore Police Department Bay Minette Police Department Bessemer Police Department Birmingham Police Department Boaz Police Department Bridgeport Police Department Bull Shoals Police Department Calera Police Department Camp Hill Police Department Cherokee Police Department Columbia Police Department Courtland Police Department Chatom Police Department Citronelle Police Department Cottonwood Police Department Dadeville Police Department Daphne Police Department Decatur Police Department Demopolis Police Department Dothan Police Department Enterprise Police Department Eufaula Police Department Fairfield Police Department Florence Police Department[18] Fort Payne Police Department Franklin Police Department [19] Gardendale Police Department Guin Police Department Gulf Shores Police Department [20] Guntersville Police Department Gurley Police Department Hamilton Police Department Hanceville Police Department Heflin Police Department Hillsboro Police Department Homewood Police Department Hoover Police Department Huntsville Police Department Hueytown Police Department Jacksonville Police Department Kinston Police Department Lanett Police Department Leeds Police Department Level Plains Police Department Lincoln Police Department Madison Police Department [21] Millbrook Police Department Mobile Police Department Montgomery Police Department Moulton Police Department Moody Police Department Mount Vernon Police Department North Courtland Police Department Northport Police Department Orange Beach Police Department Pelham Police Department [22] Pelham Fire Marshal Pelham School Resource Officers Rainbow City Police Department [23] Town Creek Police Department Tuscaloosa Police Department [24] Saginaw Police Department Webb Police Department [25]

College and University agencies

Alabama A&M University Police Department Auburn University Department of Public Safety Birmingham Southern College Police and Security Calhoun Community College Police Department Gadsden State Community College Security and Safety Office Jacksonville State University Police Department Jefferson State Community College Department of the Police Miles College Police Department Russell Community College Public Safety Department Samford University Police Department

Southern Union Community College Public Safety Department University of Alabama Police Department University of Alabama at Birmingham Police Department University of Montevallo Police Department University of North Alabama Police Department University of South Alabama Police Department University of West Alabama Police Department Wallace State Community College Police Department University of Alabama in Huntsville Police Department

Other agencies

• Alabama National Guard Military Police
• Alabama Protection Services of Homeland Security
• Birmingham Office of the Inspector General
• Guntersville Fire Marshal's Office
• Huntsville International Airport Police Department
• Liberty Park Security Marshals
• Marshall Space Flight Center Protective Services Office

References

1. 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
2. "Merging 12 Alabama law enforcement agencies will increase safety, save money, officials say". AL.com. Associated Press. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
3. "About ALEA". Website of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. State of Alabama. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
4. Official website accessed 9 September 2014
5. Thornton, William (29 May 2015). "2 face charges over Rainbow City CVS shooting incident". AL.com. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
6. Burnside, Vanessa (4 January 2012). "Reserve deputy dies when gun discharges". Randolph Leader. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
7. Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
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14. "Anniston Police department has two Hate Group Members on the Force". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
15. Official web site accessed 2 October 2014
16. "Webb Police Officer Arrested". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
17. "Police Department". Official web site. Ashville, Alabama. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
18. Killen Alabama man charged with multiple bank robberies; 11 August 2014, privateofficer.com
19. White, Elizabeth (16 July 2015). "AL police chief sold gun, ammo to person living in US illegally". WTMV. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
20. "K-9 dies after being left in hot patrol car". KMBC. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
21. "Police". Madison Alabama official site. Madison Alabama. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
22. Recording of Pelham police mocking disabled children raises complaints, concerns about agency; by Martin J Reed, 30 December 2014, AL.com accessed 1 January 2015
23. Thornton, William (29 May 2015). "2 face charges over Rainbow City CVS shooting incident". AL.com. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
24. Dethrage, Stephen. "Tuscaloosa County probate judge denies gay couples marriage licenses, citing Roy Moore's order". AL.com. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
25. "Webb Police Officer Arrested". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.