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Defunding law enforcement? Alabama sheriffs, county commission association sound alarm over drop in gun permit applications
Published: Sep. 05, 2022, 7:00 a.m. Defunding law enforcement? Alabama sheriffs, county commission association sound alarm over drop in gun permit applications – al.com By: John Sharp | jsharp@al.com Alabama sheriffs…
2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
August 10, 2022 Every April, OVC leads communities throughout the country in their annual observances of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW). NCVRW offers us a chance to honor crime…
Biden signs bipartisan cold case law establishing federal right to request review for victims’ families
President Biden signed a bipartisan cold case investigation bill into law this week that establishes federal rights for the relatives of people killed in unsolved murders. The Homicide Victims’ Families Rights Act…
Californians fleeing for ‘red states like Alabama,’ Ivey retorts after Gavin Newsom rips governor’s prison plan
By Howard Koplowitz | hkoplowitz@al.com Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday threw a counter punch at Gavin Newsom after the California governor ripped the governor’s plan to build two “mega prisons” with COVID…
Aniah’s Law is Key to Preventing Future Tragedies
Courtesy of The Dothan Eagle – Violent criminals should be incarcerated, not walking free in our communities and on our streets. Unfortunately, that is the case in our state all…
Alabama board denies parole for accused killer Jimmy O’Neal Spencer
Updated: Aug. 09, 2022, 11:48 a.m.| Published: Aug. 09, 2022, 9:41 a.m. Mike Cason | mcason@al.com The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles today denied parole for Jimmy O’Neal Spencer, whose parole…
Community awareness credited with helping human trafficking victims during World Games
By Catherine Patterson Published: Jul. 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM CDT|Updated: 12 hours ago BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Law enforcement officials who worked behind the scenes to track down human traffickers during the World…
After deputy’s fatal shooting, officials want changes to Alabama’s ‘ultra-lenient’ Good Time Law
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com The 26-year-old man with a lengthy rap sheet charged in the killing of a Bibb County deputy sheriff should not have been out of lockup when…
DNA leads to suspect’s arrest in sexual assaults of 7 women in Jefferson County
By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com A 27-year-old man has been charged on more than a dozen cases in the sexual assaults of seven women in the Birmingham area dating back so…
Alabama Senator drafting bill to put cameras in special education classrooms
By Kellie Miller Published: Jun. 23, 2022 at 8:25 AM CDT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Madison mother Kimberly McFadden has been pushing for cameras in special education classrooms for years. She successfully fought…
Governor announces two additional mental health crisis centers
Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday announced the funding of two additional Mental Health Crisis Centers, further expanding the Alabama Crisis System of Care. overnor Kay Ivey on Monday announced the…
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