BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Following Scott Thurmond’s leave from the helm of the Birmingham Police Department next month, another longtime member of the force will step in as interim chief.

Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond and the United States Marshals Service held a news conference Thursday morning to address recent efforts to reduce crime in the city. Presidential election ...

Scott Thurmond will assume duties as UAPD’s deputy chief on Dec. 2, according to a UA news release. Thurmond retired in October as police chief in Birmingham, a post he had held since January 2022.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Birmingham’s police chief Scott Thurmond is retiring next month. The decision comes two years into his tenure as the historic city’s top cop. Surging homicides and ...

Police Chief Scott Thurmond did not provide details about the allegations against McDaniel, but the police department said he is arrested in connection with the deaths of all four killed during ...

“We believe that there was a ‘hit,’ if you will, on that particular person,” Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond said. Police believe the mass shooting outside a bar in ...

Damien McDaniel, 22, of Fairfield, faces charges of capital murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the mass shooting, according to Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond. He faces additional ...

Police Chief Scott Thurmond said multiple people pulled up in a vehicle, got out and opened fire before they got back inside the vehicle to flee. A total of 21 people were shot, including the four ...

Authorities in Alabama sifted through evidence and dozens of tips Monday as they worked to identify "multiple suspects" who opened fire in Birmingham's busy entertainment district over the weekend ...