Montgomery Police Department (Alabama)
| Montgomery Police Department | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | MPD |
| Motto | Honor - Duty - Loyalty |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1820 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Montgomery in the state of Alabama, USA |
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| Map of Montgomery Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 156.19 square miles (404.5 km2) |
| Population | 205,764 |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Officers | 524 |
| Civilians | 200 |
| Agency executive | Ernest N. Finley, Chief of Police |
| Divisions |
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| Website | |
| City of Montgomery: Police Department Website | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Montgomery, Alabama Police Department was established in 1820. It employs about 525 sworn officers and another 200 support staff. It is headed by Chief of Police Ernest N. Finley.[1]
Organization
The department is divided into a number of divisions, which in turn have a number of bureaus.
The divisions are:
- Administrative
- Criminal Investigative
- Municipal Jail
- Patrol
- Special Operations
- Traffic
- Training and Recruiting
Slain officers
Since its establishment, 25 officers of the Montgomery Police Department have been killed in the line of duty.[2]
| Name | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| John Pugh | October, 1886 | Gunshot |
| John Suggs | February, 1896 | Gunshot |
| T W Berrey | October 1910 | Gunshot |
| MIlton Goocher | March 1918 | Gunshot |
| Earl Davis | June 1919 | Gunshot |
| J B Barbaree | October 1919 | Gunshot |
| George L Berrey | October 1919 | Gunshot |
| Albert Sanson | September 1922 | Gunshot |
| Andrew O Brasington | September 1936 | Motorcycle accident |
| Raymond Manthis | April 1936 | Gunshot |
| Marion Stalnaker | October 1950 | Car accident |
| James Sanford | September 1961 | Car accident |
| Samuel Summer | November 1961 | Car Accident |
| George McGaughey | March 1975 | Gunshot |
| William Noble | May 1976 | Car accident |
| Robert Ussery | July 1978 | Car accident |
| Mary McCord | January 1982 | Gunshot |
| James Ward | October 1994 | Gunshot |
| William Pryor | January 1995 | Car accident |
| Anderson Gordon | September 1997 | Gunshot |
| Keith Houts | September 2006 | Gunshot |
| Kenneth Armstrong | August 2007 | Car accident |
| Joshuah Broadway | January 2009 | Car accident |
| David Colley | April 2015 | Car accident |
References
- ↑ Official Web SIte , retrieved 31 August 2012
- ↑ "City of Montgomery : Line of Duty Memorial Page". Montgomeryal.gov. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Montgomery, Alabama. |
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Montgomery. |
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