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Birmingham's high violent crime rate was a central plank of Woodfin's campaign platform; his nephew, Ralph Woodfin III, was shot and killed in August 2017, just weeks before the general election. [25] Shortly after Woodfin took office in November 2017, Birmingham Police Department Chief A.C. Roper announced his resignation. [26]
The 2025 Birmingham mayoral election will be held on August 26, 2025, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Incumbent Democratic mayor Randall Woodfin is running for re-election to a third term in office.
Woodfin was first elected in 2017, defeating incumbent mayor William A. Bell in a runoff.He was a keynote speaker at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.During his first term, he faced criticism for furloughing some city employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, committing $3 million per year to the Protective Stadium, creating a city-funded scholarship program, and replacing Birmingham's ...
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Four people are dead and 17 people are wounded in Birmingham, Ala., after a mass shooting that investigators believe was an intended “hit.” On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Birmingham Police ...
Authorities in Birmingham, Alabama, are offering a combined reward of up to $100,000 dollars for information to help identify multiple people who opened fire in a bustling entertainment district ...
Since 1871, there have been 34 appointed chiefs of the Birmingham Police Department. W.G. Oliver was appointed twice, serving from 1873 to 1875 and again from 1881 to 1882. Jamie Moore was the longest serving chief of police in Birmingham Police Department History, serving for 16 years.
Birmingham City Police was the police service responsible for general policing in the city of Birmingham from 1839 to 1974. The force was established by a special Act of Parliament in 1839, and was amalgamated as of 1 April 1974 with the West Midlands Constabulary and parts of other forces to form the West Midlands Police by the Local Government Act 1972.