Birmingham Police Department

Birmingham Police Department
Abbreviation	BPD
Motto	To Protect & Serve
Agency overview
Formed	1871
Employees	912 (Uniformed)
Annual budget	$86.3 Million (FY 2013)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Map of Birmingham Police Department's jurisdiction
Size	151.9 square miles (393 km2)
Population	229,800
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama
Agency executive	Orlando R. Wilson, Chief of Police
Bureaus	4 Administrative Bureau Support Services Bureau Field Operations Bureau Investigative Bureau
Facilities
Precincts	4 North South East West
Other facilities	6 Airport Substation 5 Points South Substation School Services Substation Tactical Building Police Academy Range and Training Facility
Website
Birmingham Police Website

The Birmingham Police Department (BPD) is the police department of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States.

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Birmingham Police Department in 1871, 47 officers have died in the line of duty.

Rank	Name	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Age	Location
Police Officer	J. Wafe Adams	03-28-1900	Shot and killed along with Police Officer George W. Kirkley while attempting to arrest a suspect they saw commit a robbery	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	George W. Kirkley	03-28-1900	Shot and killed along with Police Officer J. Wafe Adams while attempting to arrest a suspect they saw commit a robbery	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	William P. Walton	03-18-1902	Shot and killed at the home of a suspect believed to have been part of an assault	56	On Morris Street, in between 8th Street and 9th Street
Policeman	James H. Mullin	09-27-1903	Shot and killed after arresting a man who brutally beat a woman in the street	45	N/A
Detective	Samuel H. Hamilton	05-12-1907	Shot and killed during a domestic dispute over child custody	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Willis A. Smith	03-10-1908	Shot and killed after stopping a suspect for questioning in the street	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	John W. Little	11-07-1908	Shot and killed while he and another Officer raided an illegal liquor den	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	George Clinton Eubank	11-23-1909	Shot and killed after a business owner supposedly mistook him for a robber	36	In the business district of Birmingham, Alabama; exact location N/A
Police Officer	Loner Denson Camp	06-19-1910	Shot and killed while attempting to arrest an illegal gambler	25	N/A
Patrolman	W.C. Wallace	11-08-1910	Shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man for carrying a concealed weapon	23	On 13th Street in Birmingham, Alabama
City Marshal	William Benjamin Morgan	09-29-1913	Shot and killed by a man he kicked out of a saloon earlier that day	41	N/A
Detective	Hugh Tully	10-13-1913	Shot and killed as he and two other Officers attempted to arrest a suspect for a stabbing 7 months earlier	N/A	N/A
Officer	John Aquilla Moore	12-05-1913	Shot and killed while he and his partner entered a house to investigate illegal activities	27	N/A
Officer	George A. Sims	01-22-1918	Shot and killed after getting on scene to a disorderly man call	N/A	N/A
Officer	John Dickerson Newby	10-15-1919	Succumbed to injuries sustained on 10-10-1919 after being shot in a dark alley after hearing shots	N/A	N/A
Officer	Sam P. Dobyns	09-19-1920	Shot and killed while raiding an illegal gambling house	N/A	N/A
Sergeant	Walter C. Hollums	08-15-1923	Struck and killed by a car while directing traffic	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Ray Payne	02-12-1927	Shot and killed while trying to break up a fight between 3 men	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Alexander A. Manley	05-26-1927	Shot and killed by a man he was talking to about his illegal parking	N/A	N/A
Motorcycle Officer	Elsie Turner Lewis	03-03-1928	Shot and killed while with his partner during a traffic stop with a car that ran a red light	26	N/A
Motor Scout	Henry Francis Mills	08-08-1930	Killed in a motorcycle crash	N/A	On Arkadelphia Road
Police Officer	Edward Lee Buckalew	05-23-1931	Killed in a car crash	N/A	N/A
City Warden	William Ira Latham	10-24-1932	Killed in a car crash while transporting a prisoner	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Dumas Froy Phillips	04-23-1934	Killed in a motorcycle crash after losing control while headed back from Pell City, Alabama for court	40	On Leeds Highway, 3 miles east of Irondale, Alabama
Police Officer	Forest J. Harris	02-08-1935	Succumbed to injuries sustained on 02-01-1935 during a shootout with robbery suspects	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	James M. Early	04-15-1935	Shot and killed after a robbery suspect, that he and other Officers were attempting to arrest, barricaded himself in a garage	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Homer Earnest Poore	06-30-1936	Struck and killed by a vehicle while on a traffic stop	N/A	N/A
Detective	James Tillman Moser	01-31-1939	Shot and killed with his own weapon while attempting to arrest an escaped death row inmate	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Edward Newton Wolff	07-12-1941	Killed in a motorcycle crash	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Fred R. Brockman	11-03-1953	Shot and killed after arriving on scene to a man with a gun call	52	N/A
Police Officer	Herbert C. Osborn	07-24-1962	Killed in a motorcycle crash	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Azell L. Harris	05-04-1969	Shot and killed while confronting 3 robbers at a local freight warehouse	42	N/A
Police Officer	Kenneth Lee Spencer, Jr.	07-13-1969	Shot and killed with his own weapon after trying to kick a disorderly man out of a public swimming pool	26	N/A
Police Officer	Henry L. Thompson	10-16-1972	Shot and killed with his own weapon while trying to calm a disorderly customer at a bank	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Felix Underwood	10-07-1973	Shot and killed at a traffic crash by an emotionally disturbed person who killed a person before killing Officer Underwood	N/A	N/A
Detective Sergeant	William Stanley Jones	08-09-1975	Died from a heart attack while chasing a suspect	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	James Earl Rhodes	03-11-1978	Killed when another vehicle struck his motorcycle while he escorted a funeral	32	N/A
Sergeant	Albert Eugene Ballard	11-29-1979	Shot and killed while on a traffic stop with a possible bank robber	N/A	In downtown Birmingham, Alabama; exact location N/A
Police Officer	Edward K. Alley, Jr.	12-25-1980	Shot and killed while attempting to arrest 2 convenience store robbers	34	N/A
Police Officer	Robert D. Patterson	10-31-1982	Accidentally shot and killed by a fellow Officer	N/A	N/A
Officer	Sharon K. Robinson	04-07-1984	Killed in a crash with Officer Marcus L. Reid while responding to a burglary call which was false	N/A	N/A
Officer	Marcus L. Reid	04-07-1984	Killed in a crash with Officer Sharon K. Robinson to a burglary call which was false	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Frank H. Dunn	10-14-1986	Killed after hitting a tractor trailer that made a left turn in front of him	N/A	N/A
Officer	John Martin Huffman	05-21-1992	Killed after being struck by a driver under the influence of narcotics while on a traffic stop	33	On I-59; exact location N/A
Officer	Sande Sanderson	01-29-1998	Killed by a bomb while working overtime at an abortion clinic	34	At 1001 17th Street S, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Officer	C. Robert Bennett	06-17-2004	Shot and killed along with Officer Harley Alfred Chisholm, III and Officer Carlos Winston Owens while serving a warrant	33	Near 18th Street and Avenue P in the Ensley community of Birmingham, Alabama
Officer	Harley Alfred Chisholm, III	06-17-2004	Shot and killed along with Officer C. Robert Bennett and Officer Carlos Winston Owens while serving a warrant	40	Near 18th Street and Avenue P in the Ensley community of Birmingham, Alabama
Officer	Carlos Winston Owens	06-17-2004	Shot and killed along with Officer C. Robert Bennett and Officer Harley Alfred Chisholm, III while serving a warrant	58	Near 18th Street and Avenue P in the Ensley community of Birmingham, Alabama

There has been 1 Birmingham Police Department Officer killed while off-duty.

Rank	Name	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Age	Location
Officer	Joseph Jerome Daniels	11-18-2002	Shot and killed while attempting to stop a robbery at a fast food restaurant	31	On Graymont Avenue at Reno Chicken and Burgers in Birmingham, Alabama

See also

• Bull Connor

• List of law enforcement agencies in Alabama

External links

• Birmingham Police Website