13A-10-51
Section 13A-10-51 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this article, the term law enforcement officer shall mean any person who has all of the following qualifications: (1) He or she has the power to arrest pursuant to the laws of this state. (2) He or she is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers and Standards Training Commission. (3) He or she is acting in his or her official capacity. (4) He or she is not on strike or involved in a work stoppage. (5) He or she is not on duty as a private security officer. (Act 2009-616, p. 1779, §2.)...
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36-21-120
Section 36-21-120 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) POLICE OFFICER. A law enforcement officer appointed by a tribe pursuant to Section 36-21-122 who meets all of the requirements of the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission for certified law enforcement officers. (2) RESERVATION. The Mowa Choctaw Indian Reservation or Poarch Creek Indian Reservation, including any and all tribal properties or property owned in trust for the tribe by the United States government. (3) TRIBE. The tribe of Indians known as the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians organized as a nonprofit corporation and recognized as a tribal government and law enforcement agency by the State of Alabama and the tribe of Indians recognized as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians by the federal government and by the State of Alabama as a tribal government and as a law enforcement agency. (Act 99-527, p. 1152, §1; Act 2018-393, §1.)...
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9-13-221
Section 9-13-221 Seizure of vehicle and equipment upon arrest for certain criminal violations; delivery to district forester. It shall be the duty of any sheriff, policeman, forestry officer, or other peace officer or law enforcement officer in the State of Alabama, arresting any person who is charged with violating or attempting to violate Section 9-13-60 or any felony laws of the State of Alabama involving timber or forest products or transactions pertaining thereto, to seize any vehicle and equipment used, which is in the possession or under control of the person or persons charged with violating the laws, and to deliver any such seized vehicle and equipment, to the regional forester of the forestry region in which the arrest is made. The person receiving any vehicle and equipment from the arresting officer shall keep it in a safe place and in as good condition as when received, until disposed of as hereinafter provided. The seizure of vehicles and equipment provided in this section...
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22-19-80
Section 22-19-80 Authority of coroners, deputy coroners, State Toxicologist and law enforcement officers; purpose of taking samples. (a) Each duly elected or appointed coroner in the State of Alabama is authorized to withdraw and retain or direct the withdrawal and retention of blood and/or urine from the dead body of a person who died unattended by a physician, or who died under suspicious circumstances, or where there is reasonable cause to believe the person died from unnatural and/or unlawful causes. (b) Each duly elected or appointed deputy coroner shall have the same authority to withdraw and retain or direct the withdrawal and retention of a blood and/or urine sample when acting for the coroner. (c) The State Toxicologist and his designated or appointed assistants are authorized to withdraw and retain or direct the withdrawal and retention of blood and/or urine from the dead body of a person who died unattended by a physician, or who died under suspicious circumstances, or where...
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32-9-3
Section 32-9-3 Enforcement of chapter. Any peace officer, including sheriffs and their deputies, constables and their deputies, police officers and marshals of cities or incorporated towns, county police or patrols, state or county license inspectors and their deputies, state troopers and special officers appointed by any agency of the State of Alabama for the enforcement of its laws relating to motor vehicles, now existing or hereafter enacted, shall be authorized, and it is hereby made the duty of each of them to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to make arrests for any violation or violations thereof, without warrant, if the offense is committed in his or her presence, and with warrant if he or she does not observe the commission of the offense. If the arrest is made without warrant, the accused may elect to be immediately taken before the nearest court having jurisdiction, whereupon it shall be the duty of the officer to so take him or her. If the accused elects not to be...
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36-21-10
Section 36-21-10 Minimum starting salary for county law enforcement officers; enforcement; definition. (a) All law enforcement officers employed by any county of this state who are employed as a full-time law enforcement officer shall make at least $1,300.00 per month starting salary. (b) The provisions of this section may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by an action brought by any citizen seeking a writ of mandamus, mandatory injunction, or other proper remedy, and the court trying the cause may order the suspension or forfeiture of the salary, expenses, or other compensation of the members of the governing body failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section. (c) Members of the governing body or sheriff of any county are hereby expressly prohibited from requiring law enforcement officers affected by this section to work any more hours than they were normally working in order to circumvent the provisions of this section. (d) If for...
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16-22-2
Section 16-22-2 Police officers at state colleges and universities or Institute for Deaf and Blind - Extension of jurisdiction. (a) Any police officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 16-47-10 or 16-22-1, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state; provided, that the primary duty of any such police or peace officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned or leased by the institution of higher education employing said peace officers; provided further, that he shall not otherwise act as a peace officer in enforcing the law except: (1) When in pursuit of any offender or suspected offender who is charged with the commission of a crime while on the premises of said institution; or (2) To make arrests otherwise lawfully for crimes committed, or for which there is probable cause to believe have been committed, within his presence or within the boundaries of said property owned or leased. (b) The provisions of this section granting...
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41-27-6
Section 41-27-6 Appointment of the Director of the Department of Public Safety; functions of department; Highway Patrol Division; Marine Police Division. (a)(1) The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, after consultation with the Governor, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the secretary. The director shall be appointed from a legacy agency as defined in Section 41-27-7. The salary of the director shall be set by the secretary, and shall not be subject to Section 36-6-6. A person appointed director shall have an extensive law enforcement background and, by virtue of office, is a state law enforcement officer with the immunity set forth in Section 6-5-338. (2) The director shall have overall supervision and management of functions transferred to the department pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of the secretary, including the power to change the working title of any position or...
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15-22-76
Section 15-22-76 Discharge; arrest for violation of parole, with or without warrant; brought before parole officer; hearing; serving sentence upon revocation. Upon the expiration of the period of parole the parolee shall be discharged. At any time during the period of parole the parolee may be arrested for the violation of any condition of his parole, and after a hearing by the board his parole shall be subject to revocation. Any parole officer, police officer or other law enforcement officer may arrest a parolee with or without a warrant for the violation of any condition of his parole. In case of an arrest without a warrant, the arresting officer shall have a written statement by a parole officer setting forth that parolee has, in the judgment of the parole officer, violated the conditions of his parole. Such statement shall be sufficient warrant for the detention of said parolee until he can be brought before a parole officer. Such parole officer, after advising said parolee in...
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16-47-11
Section 16-47-11 Police officers - Extended jurisdiction. (a) Any police officer appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section or Section 16-22-1, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state; provided, that the primary duty of any such police or peace officer shall be the enforcement of the law on property owned or leased by the institution of higher education employing said peace officers; provided further, that he shall not otherwise act as a peace officer in enforcing the law except: (1) When in pursuit of any offender or suspected offender who is charged with the commission of a crime while on the premises of said institution; or (2) To make arrests otherwise lawfully for crimes committed, or for which there is probable cause to believe have been committed, within his presence or within the boundaries of said property owned or leased. (b) The provisions of this section granting authority to police officers at institutions of higher learning in the...
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