Montgomery Police Department (Alabama)

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Montgomery Police Department
Abbreviation	MPD
Motto	Honor - Duty - Loyalty
Agency overview
Formed	1820
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of Montgomery in the state of Alabama, USA
Map of Montgomery Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size	156.19 square miles (404.5 km2)
Population	205,764
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Montgomery, Alabama
Officers	524
Civilians	200
Agency executive	Ernest N. Finley, Chief of Police
Divisions	8 Administrative Criminal Investigation Municipal Jail Patrol Special Operations Traffic Training and Recruiting
Website
City of Montgomery: Police Department Website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Montgomery, Alabama Police Department was established in 1820. It employs about 525 sworn officers and another 200 support staff. It is headed by Chief of Police Ernest N. Finley.

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

Slain officers

Since its establishment, 25 officers of the Montgomery Police Department have been killed in the line of duty.

Name	Date	Notes
John Pugh	October, 1886	Gunshot
John Suggs	February, 1896	Gunshot
T W Berrey	October 1910	Gunshot
MIlton Goocher	March 1918	Gunshot
Earl Davis	June 1919	Gunshot
J B Barbaree	October 1919	Gunshot
George L Berrey	October 1919	Gunshot
Albert Sanson	September 1922	Gunshot
Andrew O Brasington	September 1936	Motorcycle accident
Raymond Manthis	April 1936	Gunshot
Marion Stalnaker	October 1950	Car accident
James Sanford	September 1961	Car accident
Samuel Summer	November 1961	Car Accident
George McGaughey	March 1975	Gunshot
William Noble	May 1976	Car accident
Robert Ussery	July 1978	Car accident
Mary McCord	January 1982	Gunshot
James Ward	October 1994	Gunshot
William Pryor	January 1995	Car accident
Anderson Gordon	September 1997	Gunshot
Keith Houts	September 2006	Gunshot
Kenneth Armstrong	August 2007	Car accident
Joshuah Broadway	January 2009	Car accident
David Colley	April 2015	Car accident

References

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External links

• City of Montgomery, Alabama Police Frequencies