Montgomery Police Department (Alabama)

Montgomery Police Department
Abbreviation	MPD
Motto	Honor - Duty - Loyalty
Agency overview
Formed	1820
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Montgomery, Alabama, USA
File:Montgomery County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Montgomery Highlighted.svg
Map of Montgomery Police Department's jurisdiction
Size	156.6 square miles (406 km2)
Population	205,764
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Montgomery, Alabama
Officers	524
Civilians	200
Divisions	8 Administrative Criminal Investigation Municipal Jail Patrol Special Operations Traffic Training and Recruiting
Website
Montgomery Police Department

The Montgomery Police Department (MPD) was established in 1820. It is budgeted for 490 sworn officers, however currently possess around 220 and around another 80 support staff. It is headed by Interim Chief of Police James N. Graboys.

History

Civil rights era

File:Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott.jpg

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by MPD Lieutenant D.H. Lackey on February 22, 1956

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March 7, 1965: Alabama police attack the Selma to Montgomery marchers on "Bloody Sunday"

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

See also

• Freedom Riders in Montgomery
• Shooting of Greg Gunn
• Killing of Bernard Whitehurst
• List of law enforcement agencies in Alabama

External links

• Montgomery, Alabama Police Department