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List Of Law Enforcement Agencies In Alabama
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Alabama. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 417 law enforcement agencies employing 11,631 sworn police officers, about 251 for each 100,000 residents. State Agencies * Alabama Law Enforcement Agency *Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources * Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole * Alabama State Parks Ranger Service * Alabama State Lands Security * Alabama Department of Corrections * Bureau of Special Investigations ** Alabama Department of Mental Health Police * Alabama Securities Commission * Alabama State Port Authority Police * Alabama Department of Insurance ** State Fire Marshal's Office * Marshals of the Alabama Appellate Courts *Alabama National Guard Military Police/Security Forces (under state gubernatorial control unless federalized under Title 10 of the United States Code) County sheriff agencie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Flag Of Alabama
The current flag of the U.S. state of Alabama was adopted by Act 383 of the Alabama Legislature on February 16, 1895. The flag was designed by John W. A. Sanford Jr. It is the second state flag to be adopted by the state. History 1861 flag File:Flag of Alabama (1861, obverse).svg, Flag of Alabama, 1861 (obverse) File:Flag of Alabama (1861, reverse).svg, Flag of Alabama, 1861 (reverse) On January 11, 1861, the Alabama Secession Convention passed a resolution designating an official flag. Designed by several women from Montgomery, final touches were made by Francis Corra of that city. One side of the flag displayed the goddess of Liberty holding an unsheathed sword in her right hand; in her left, she held a small blue flag with one gold star. Above the gold star appears the text "Alabama" in all capital letters. In an arch above this figure were the words "Independent Now and Forever". The reverse side of the flag had a cotton plant with a coiled rattlesnake. The text "N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
United States Air Force Security Forces
The United States Air Force Security Forces (SF) are the ground combat force and military police service of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. The USAF Security Forces were formerly known as Military Police (MP), Air Police (AP), and Security Police (SP) at various points in their history. Mission As outlined in Department of the Air Force publications, Security Forces are responsible for protecting, defending, and fighting to ensure U.S. Air Force, joint, and coalition mission success. They are responsible not only for installation law and discipline enforcement, but also base defense and ground combat. The USAF uses the term Air Base Ground Defense (ABGD) for defense of U.S. Air Force bases. This specialty is filled by members of the Air Force Security Forces, who serve not only as military law enforcement officers, but also as ground combat troops defending U.S. air bases around the world from possible attacks. In these capacities, their duties are similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Clarke County Sheriff's Office (Alabama)
Clarke is a surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English and Irish origin and comes from the Latin . Variants include Clerk and Clark. Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name. Irish surname origin Clarke is a common surname in Ireland. The Irish version of the surname is believed to have come from County Galway and County Antrim and spread to County Donegal and County Dublin. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic sept , meaning "clerk". English surname origin Clarke, as well as Clark, is also a widespread surname in England. The English version is of Anglo-Saxon origin and was used in the Middle Ages for the name of a scribe or secretary. The word "clerc", which came from the pre-7th century Old English (meaning priest), originally denoted a member of a religious order, but later became widespread. In the Middle Ages, virtually the only people who could read and write were members of religious orders, linking the word with literacy. Thus the surname became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Choctaw County Sheriff's Department (Alabama)
The Choctaw ( ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States, originally based in what is now Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are enrolled in three federally recognized tribes: the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana. Choctaw descendants are also members of other tribes. Etymology The Choctaw endonym and exonym, autonym is Chahta. "Choctaw" is an anglicized spelling. According to anthropologist John R. Swanton, the Choctaw derived their name from an early leader of the Choctaw people. Language The Choctaw language belongs to the Muskogean language family. The Choctaw language was well known among the American frontiersmen of the early 19th century. In 1870, a Christian Missionary and fluent Choctaw speaker Cyrus Byington published a Choctaw Dictionary ''Grammar of the Choctaw Langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chilton County Sheriff's Department (Alabama)
Chilton may refer to: People ;Surname * Chilton (surname) ;Given name * Chilton Allan (1786–1858), American lawyer and politician * Chilton C. Baker (1874–1967), American politician * Charles Chilton Moore (1837–1906), American atheist and editor * Chilton Price (1913–2010), American songwriter * Joseph Chilton Pearce (1926–2016), American author * Chilton A. White (1826–1900), American lawyer and politician Place names ;England * Chilton, Buckinghamshire * Chilton, County Durham ** Great Chilton ** Chilton Lane ** Chilton Moor * Chilton, Kent, a location * Chilton, Oxfordshire * Chilton, Suffolk * Chilton Candover, Hampshire * Chilton Cantelo, Somerset * Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire * Chilton Polden, Somerset * Chilton Street, Suffolk * Chilton Trinity, Somerset ;United States * Chilton, Missouri * Chilton, Texas * Chilton, Wisconsin, a city partly within the town of Chilton * Chilton (town), Wisconsin * Chilton County, Alabama Other * ''Chilton Times-Jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cherokee County Sheriff's Department (Alabama)
The Cherokee (; , or ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, edges of western South Carolina, northern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and northeastern Alabama with hunting grounds in Kentucky, together consisting of around 40,000 square miles. The Cherokee language is part of the Iroquoian languages, Iroquoian language group. In the 19th century, James Mooney, an early American Ethnography, ethnographer, recorded one oral tradition that told of the Tribe (Native American), tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, where other Iroquoian Peoples, Iroquoian peoples have been based. However, anthropologist Thomas R. Whyte, writing in 2007, dated the split among the peoples as occurring earlier. He believes that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chambers County Sheriff's Office (Alabama)
Chambers commonly refers to: * Chambers (surname), including a list of people with the name * ''Chambers'' (TV series), a 2019 American supernatural horror show Chambers may also refer to: Places Canada *Chambers Township, Ontario United States *Chambers, Arizona *Chambers, Nebraska *Chambers, West Virginia *Chambers Branch, a stream in Kansas *Chambers County, Alabama *Chambers County, Texas * Chambers Township, Holt County, Nebraska Businesses and products * Chambers (publisher), formerly Chambers Publishers ** ''Chambers Dictionary'', first published 1872 ** ''Chambers Biographical Dictionary'', first published in 1897 ** ''Chambers's Encyclopaedia'', 1859–1979 * Chambers Communications, an American broadcasting company * Chambers and Partners, producing rankings for the legal industry * Chambers stove, cooking appliances sold under the Chambers brand Other uses * ''Chambers'' (album), by Steady & Co., 2001 * ''Chambers'' (series), a British radio and TV sitcom * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Calhoun County Sheriff's Department (Alabama)
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was the 7th vice president of the United States. Calhoun can also refer to: Surname *Calhoun (surname) Inhabited places in the United States *Calhoun, Georgia *Calhoun, Illinois *Calhoun, Kentucky *Calhoun, Louisiana *Calhoun, Missouri *Calhoun, South Carolina *Calhoun, Tennessee *Calhoun, West Virginia *Calhoun, Wisconsin *Calhoun County, Alabama *Calhoun County, Arkansas *Calhoun County, Florida *Calhoun County, Georgia *Calhoun County, Illinois *Calhoun County, Iowa *Calhoun County, Michigan *Calhoun County, Mississippi *Calhoun County, South Carolina *Calhoun County, Texas *Calhoun County, West Virginia *Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Lakes in Minnesota, United States *Lake Calhoun (Kandiyohi County, Minnesota) *Lake Calhoun, Minnesota, now called Bde Maka Ska Schools and universities in the United States *Grace Hopper College of Yale University, known as Calhoun College until 2017 *Calhoun Middle School (other) *Calhoun School, New York, New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Butler County Sheriff's Office (Alabama)
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor and Housekeeper (domestic worker), housekeepers caring for the entire house and its appearance. A butler is usually male and in charge of male servants, while a housekeeper is usually female and in charge of female servants. Traditionally, male servants (such as Footman, footmen) were better-paid and of higher status than female servants. The butler, as the senior male servant, has the highest servant status. He can also sometimes function as a chauffeur. In older houses where the butler is the most senior worker, titles such as ''majordomo'', ''butler administrator'', ''house manager'', ''manservant'', ''staff manager'', ''chief of staff'', ''staff captain'', ''estate manager'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bullock County Sheriff's Office (Alabama)
Bullock may refer to: Animals * Bullock (in British English), a castrated male cattle, bovine animal of any age * Bullock (in American English), a young bull (an uncastrated male bovine animal) * Bullock (in Australia, India and New Zealand), an ox, an adult male bovine used for draught (usually but not always castrated) Places Canada * Bullock Channel, a water channel in British Columbia, Canada * Bullock Bluff, the northern point of Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada * Mount Bullock, a mountain in British Columbia, Canada United States * Bullock County, Alabama ** Bullock Correctional Facility, a medium-security Alabama Department of Corrections prison * Bullock, a community in the township of Lanark Highlands, Ontario, Canada * Bullock, New Jersey, an unincorporated community * Bullock, South Dakota, a ghost town * Bullock Creek (South Carolina) Elsewhere * Bullock Harbour, near Dalkey, Ireland * Bullock Park, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Other uses * Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Blount County Sheriff's Office (Alabama)
Blount may refer to: People *Blount (surname), surname of English derivation Place names Canada * Blount, Cochrane District, Ontario England * Kingston Blount United States * Blount, Georgia * Blount, West Virginia * Blount County (other) Companies * Blount, Inc., equipment manufacturing company See also *Blunt (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bibb County Sheriff's Office
Bibb may refer to: Places in the United States * Bibb County, Alabama * Fort Bibb, Alabama, constructed in 1818 * Bibb City, Georgia, in Muscogee County * Bibb County, Georgia People * Bibb (surname) * Bibb (given name) Ships * , a Revenue Marine cutter transferred to the United States Coast Survey in 1847 * , a Coast Survey vessel, sometimes considered to be the same vessel as the first ''Bibb'' * , a Coast Guard cutter commissioned 10 March 1937 body Other uses * bibb, bibcock, hose bib * Bibb, a variety of butterhead lettuce * Bibb Correctional Facility, a state men's prison in Brent, Alabama * Bibb County High School, Centreville, Alabama * Bibb Manufacturing Company, a defunct American textile company See also *Bibbs Bibbs is a surname of English origin, a variant of Bibb, which is derived from a pet form of the given name Isabel. Notable people with the surname include: * E. J. Bibbs (born 1991), American football player *Junius Bibbs Junius Alexander Bib ... {{d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
