Police

The University of Alabama Police Department is gaining a new member. After applying for deputy chief in August, longtime police executive Scott Thurmond is being chosen from a group of candidates by a hiring committee to take on the position. He will start in the role on Dec. 2.

Hundreds of local drivers who paid fines from speeding cameras installed by a multibillion dollar company will get full refunds, the Mayor of Tuskegee confirmed.

Authorities say they are searching for an Alabama man wanted in connection with three homicides in Oklahoma. Arkansas State Police said Wednesday that local law enforcement agencies are working to locate 50-year-old Stacy Lee Drake.

A police chief in Alabama apologized Wednesday for his department giving incorrect information about what was said before officers shot and killed a homeowner during a dispute with a tow truck driver. Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion wrote in a statement that the department gave an inaccurate description of officer’s commands during the Sept. 29 shooting of Steve Perkins.

Authorities in Alabama said that a woman has confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says four people have been killed and multiple people injured during a shooting at a birthday party Saturday night in Dadeville.

Visitors near The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa may have a reason to feel safer. The Tuscaloosa Police Department have partnered with campus police to open a new precinct on University Boulevard.

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