Montgomery Police Department (Alabama)

The Montgomery, Alabama Police Department was established in 1820. It employs about 524 sworn officers and another 200 support staff. It is headed by Chief of Police Ernest N. Finley.

Montgomery Police Department
Abbreviation	MPD
Motto	Honor - Duty - Loyalty
Agency overview
Formed	1820
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Map of Montgomery Police Department's jurisdiction
Size	156.19 square miles (404.5 km2)
Population	205,764
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Montgomery, Alabama
Officers	524
Civilians	200
Divisions	8 Administrative Criminal Investigation Municipal Jail Patrol Special Operations Traffic Training and Recruiting
Website
City of Montgomery: Police Department Website

History

Civil rights era

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by MPD Lieutenant D.H. Lackey on February 22, 1956

March 7, 1965: Alabama police attack the Selma to Montgomery marchers on "Bloody Sunday"

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

Fallen Officers

Since its establishment in 1820, 25 officers of the Montgomery Police Department have been killed in the line of duty.

Rank	Name	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Age	Location
Police Officer	William D. Montgomery	08-24-1886	Shot and killed by a man seeking revenge for being arrested earlier that day for public intoxication	24	At the Montgomery Police Department headquarters
Police Officer	John R. Pugh	10-01-1886	Killed while serving a warrant	N/A	N/A
Officer	John F. Suggs	02-15-1896	Shot and killed while arresting a man for beating his wife	N/A	N/A
Officer	T. Walter Berrey	10-05-1910	Shot and killed after arriving on scene to a domestic dispute call while on horseback	35	N/A
Police Officer	Milton Goocher	03-01-1918	Shot and killed after observing a group of 3 men and noticed that one had a gun	N/A	N/A
Officer	Earl Davis	06-01-1919	Shot and killed by a male bystander while attempting to arrest a female	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	John B. Barbaree	09-29-1919	Shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect	41	N/A
Officer	George Luther Berrey	10-19-1919	Shot and killed while trying to arrest a suspect with an outstanding burglary warrant	45	N/A
Police Officer	Albert W. Sansom	09-28-1922	Shot and killed after arriving on scene to a domestic dispute	27	N/A
Officer	Rexford C. Wright	08-22-1929	Accidentally shot and killed by a fellow Officer during a fight with a mentally unstable man	38	N/A
Officer	Andrew O. Bassington	04-01-1936	Killed after wrecking his motorcycle while trying to avoid a child on a bicycle	N/A	N/A
Police Officer	Raymond Mathis	04-30-1936	Shot and killed after he and another Officer went to a residence to question a newly released prisoner	36	At 820 High Street Montgomery, Alabama 36104
Officer	Marion C. Stalnaker	10-01-1950	Struck and killed while on a traffic stop	N/A	N/A
Officer	James D. Sanford	09-20-1961	Struck and killed while on his motorcycle by a drunk driver	27	On Upper Wetumpka Road near Mac's Tavern
Detective	Samuel D. Sumner	11-05-1967	Killed in a car crash	N/A	At the intersection of Ripley Street and Washington Avenue
Police Officer	George Willard McGaughey	03-15-1975	Shot and killed after he and his partner responded to back a third officer up at a domestic dispute call	28	At 430 Clisby Park Montgomery, Alabama 36104
Officer	William Evans Noble	05-05-1976	Killed on his motorcycle while responding to another crash when a car pulled out in front of him	27	At the intersection of Wares Ferry Road and Bowling Green Drive
Officer	Robert C. Ussery	07-21-1978	Struck and killed by a drunk driver while making a traffic stop	26	N/A
Detective	Mary P. McCord	01-05-1982	Shot and killed while trying to arrest a suspected drug dealer	25	On Traction Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama
Sergeant	James Russell Ward	10-03-1994	Shot and killed while chasing 2 robbery suspects	38	N/A
Officer	Willie Henry Pryor	01-22-1995	Killed while on his motorcycle after a vehicle pulled out in front of him	40	On Woodley Road in Montgomery, Alabama
Corporal	Anderson Gordon, III	09-24-1997	Shot and killed after witnessing a crash take place after a bail bondsman chased a bail-jumper and crashed; Officer Gordon was shot as he exited his car	30	Intersection of Rosa L. Parks Avenue and National Street in Montgomery, Alabama
Officer	Keith Edwin Houts	09-30-2006	Succumbed to injuries sustained on 09-28-2006 when he was shot while on a traffic stop	30	Intersection of North Decatur Street and Lower Wetumpka Road in Montgomery, Alabama
Detective Corporal	Kenneth Armstrong	08-17-2007	Killed in a car crash when he made a U-turn to respond to a robbery call	32	Intersection of South Union Street and South Decatur Street in Montgomery, Alabama
Police Officer	Joshuah Patrick Broadway	01-25-2009	Succumbed to injuries sustained on 01-15-2009 during a wreck in which a car pulled out in front of him	21	On Troy Highway at Virginia Loop Road in Montgomery, Alabama
Police Officer	David Lee Colley	04-04-2015	Killed when he collided with a tractor trailer while responding to a call	24	Intersection of Narrow Lane Road and East South Boulevard

There has been 3 Montgomery Police Department Officers die while off-duty

	Rank	Name	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Age	Location
	Lieutenant	Rian J. Ryder	07-03-2014	Drowned while saving 12 year old niece from rip current	34	Orange Beach, AL
	Detective	Tanisha Pughsley	07-06-2020	Shot and killed by ex boyfriend after filing for a protection order	27	Montgomery, Alabama
	Corporal	Teneco S. Hunter	10-18-2021	General Medical - Cardiac Arrest	43	Montgomery, Alabama

See also

• Freedom Riders in Montgomery
• Shooting of Greg Gunn
• Killing of Bernard Whitehurst
• List of law enforcement agencies in Alabama

External links

• Montgomery, Alabama Police Department