News Releases

News Releases

| Office of the Secretary

STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT CUT $16 MILLION: PUBLIC SAFETY IN PERIL

[Montgomery, Ala.] The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is facing a $16 million budget cut. House Bill 135 (HB135), the State General Fund Approp

| Department of Public Safety

PASSAGE OF SB44 JEOPARDIZES ALEA AVIATION UNIT’S PROJECT LIFESAVER MISSIONS

[Montgomery, Alabama] The Alabama Senate, with its passage of SB44 on March 31, will cripple the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) participation

| Department of Public Safety

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE SENATE’S PASSAGE OF SB44

[Montgomery, Alabama] The Alabama Senate, with its’ passage of SB44 earlier this week, will severely limit the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) A

| Highway Patrol

INCREASE OF ALCOHOL-RELATED FATALITIES IMMINENT WITH REDUCTION OF STATE TROOPERS

[Montgomery, Alabama] Approximately 40 percent of all Alabama State Trooper-investigated fatalities are alcohol related. If Senate Bill 44 is passed i

| Alabama Center for Missing & Exploited Children

State, Local Agencies Collaborate on Amber Alert, Safely Locate Five-Year-Old within Hours

Montgomery – The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Union Springs Police Department and several regional and federal law enforcement partner agenc

| Media Relations

Troopers Encourage Motorists to Exercise Extreme Caution as Winter Storms Move into the State

MONTGOMERY — Winter storm forecasts for north Alabama likely will result in snow‐covered or icy roads and hazardous driving conditions throughout nort

| Highway Patrol

Winter Travel Advisory: Motorists Urged to Exercise Extreme Caution

MONTGOMERY — Winter storm forecasts for north Alabama likely will result in snow‐covered or icy roads and hazardous driving conditions throughout nort

| Highway Patrol

MORE ALEA STATE TROOPERS PATROLLING ALABAMA HIGHWAYS

[Montgomery, Ala.] The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) today, Feb. 5, welcomed its newest members today as 21 Troopers graduated from ALEA’s Ala

| Office of the Secretary

ALEA RECEIVES AWARD FROM DEA

[Montgomery, Ala.] The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has presented Secretary of Law Enforcement Spencer Collier and the Alabama Law Enforcemen

| Highway Patrol

ALEA INCREASES PATROLS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON

[Montgomery, Ala.] The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is increasing patrols to help protect the lives and promote the safety of motorists in Al

| Highway Patrol

ALEA URGES MOTORISTS TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS DURING THANKSGIVING TRAVEL PERIOD

[Montgomery, Ala.] – With Thanksgiving being one of the most heavily traveled holiday periods of the year, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) e

| Office of the Secretary

Operation Triple Beam nets 163 Arrests and 83 Illegal Guns

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force announce the results of a multi-agency violent crime reduction initia

| State Bureau of Investigation

FORMER BROOKSIDE POLICE CHIEF RECEIVES FELONY CONVICTION

[Montgomery, Alabama] Former Brookside Police Chief Dennis Ray McCoy, 53, of Dora, was recently convicted of several charges stemming from investigati

| Office of the Secretary

ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCE PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH 2014

[Montgomery, Alabama] The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and Office of Information Technology are joining with the US Department of Homeland Se

| Highway Patrol

TROOPERS INVESTIGATE FIVE TRAFFIC FATALITIES DURING LABOR DAY ENFORCEMENT PERIOD

Montgomery – During the Labor Day 2014 holiday travel period, which began at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29, and ran through midnight Monday, Sept. 1, Ala