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
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
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:

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

See also

References

  1. Official Web SIte , retrieved 31 August 2012
  2. "City of Montgomery : Line of Duty Memorial Page". Montgomeryal.gov. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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