Hal Taylor became the Secretary of Law Enforcement for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) after being appointed by Governor Kay Ivey in April 2017 and officially sworn in that August. He began his law enforcement career in 1991 as an Agent with the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board in Shelby County. From 2002 to 2011, he served on Governor Bob Riley’s security detail. Following the completion of Governor Riley’s second term, Secretary Taylor returned to the ABC Board, where he held the role of Assistant Director of the Enforcement Division. In 2014, he joined ALEA as Chief of Staff and played a key role in the consolidation and realignment of 12 state law enforcement agencies and their functions into the unified agency now known as ALEA. As Secretary of Law Enforcement, Secretary Taylor oversees all ALEA departments and divisions, including the Department of Public Safety (DPS), State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), Alabama Fusion Center, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Protective Services and the Alabama Department of Homeland Security. In addition to his leadership of ALEA, he serves as Chairman of the Alabama Geographic Information Office and the Homeland Security Task Force. He is also a member of Governor Ivey’s Securing Alabama’s Facilities of Education (SAFE) Council, the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission (APOSTC), the ABC Tobacco Advisory Council and the Law Enforcement Coordination Committee. Previously, Secretary Taylor served as Chairman of the Alabama First Responder Wireless Commission and spent five years as Chairman of the Alabama Justice Information Commission. He also served a three-year term as President of the National Governors’ Security Association and was a board member of the Alabama Special Olympics. Secretary Taylor is a graduate of the Northeast Alabama Law Enforcement Academy and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Troy University. He has also completed several executive-level leadership programs, including Leadership Montgomery, Leadership Alabama and the FBI’s National Executive Institute.
