Mobile Police Department

The Mobile Police Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Mobile, Alabama.[1]

Mobile Police Department
Common name	Mobile Police Department
Abbreviation	MPD
Motto	Making Mobile the Safest City in America with Respect for Everyone by 2020
Agency overview
Preceding agency	Mobile Police Department
Employees	600+
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	The City Of Mobile Alabama
Governing body	Law Enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	2460 Government Blvd. Mobile, Alabama
Police Officers	450+
Chief responsible	Chief Lawrence L. Battiste IV
Units	Patrol Traffic Swat Street Crimes Unit Mounted Eod Assaults Homicide Juvenile Narcotics Cyber Intelligence Tactical Intelligence K9
Facilities
Area Commands	First Precinct Second Precinct Third Precinct Fourth Precinct Fifth Precinct (Central Events)
Police Vehicles	Chevrolet Caprice Ford Crown Victoria Chevrolet Tahoe Ford Explorer Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger, Honda Accord (Unmarked) Harley Davidson Ultra Classic
Boats	1
Horses	10
Website
www.mobilepd.org

Rank structure

Rank	Insignia
Chief
Assistant Chief
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Corporal
Police Officer
Trainee

Fallen Officers

Since the establishment of the Mobile Police Department, there have been 20 Officers killed in the line of duty.

Rank	Name	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Age	Location
Officer	Edward McGrath Morris	04-01-1901	Succumbed to wounds sustained the day before while he and his partner attempted to arrest 2 escaped felons	52	In a rail yard in south Mobile, Alabama
Officer	Charles Haggerty	12-30-1903	Shot and killed while investigating a suspicious person	48	On Royal Street, in between Government Street and Conti Street
Officer	James J. Shaw	12-21-1924	Stabbed and killed while investigating a robbery at a local grocery store	25	N/A
Officer	Christopher M. Dean	01-22-1926	Shot and killed while investigating 4 suspicious men	56	N/A
Officer	W.F. "Happy" Murphy	10-18-1929	Shot and killed while on traffic stop with a speeding and stolen vehicle	28	On Broad Street, near Conti Street
Officer	Edward P. DeFord	10-31-1935	Succumbed to injuries sustained the day before after being shot while escorting non-union workers across picket lines during the Gulf Coast Longshoreman's strike	N/A	In the Port of Mobile, Alabama
Officer	Cody Bettis	08-03-1938	Struck and killed while on his motorcycle by a car that broke through a military convoy that was going through the city	N/A	N/A
Officer	Ollie Mason	06-15-1943	Shot and killed while on scene at a domestic complaint call	N/A	On South Hamilton Street
Officer	Pierce Lee "Rudy" Reeves	09-24-1944	Killed after his motorcycle struck an open manhole which threw him on the road	32	Intersection of Virginia Street and Tuttle Avenue
Officer	Earl Royce Williams	06-24-1968	Succumbed to injuries sustained on 06-21-1968 after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while directing traffic around an earlier crash	32	On the Cochrane Causeway
Police Officer	Joseph Pickens Brunson, Jr.	05-15-1975	Killed in a motorcycle crash after losing control and striking a mailbox	N/A	On Howell's Ferry Road
Patrolman	Henry Johnny Booth	08-14-1979	Shot and killed while serving a warrant; a fight began and the suspect got Booth's revolver and shot him	30	In the Plateau community of Mobile, Alabama
Corporal	Julius Norman Schulte	04-18-1985	Shot and killed during a domestic violence call involving a missing child	N/A	N/A
Officer	Douglas Emil Kountz, Jr.	05-02-1992	Killed in a car crash after hitting a power pole while responding to back-up an Officer	40	N/A
Corporal	Owen Patrick McClinton	12-13-1996	Struck and killed on his motorcycle by a hit-and-run driver while responding to a traffic assignment	36	Intersection of Government Street and Mohawk Street
Corporal	Rufus Earle Brown	03-23-1997	Succumbed to injuries sustained on 02-23-1993 after being beaten against the curb by a drunk man at Mardi Gras	53	Intersection of Government Street and South Dearborn Street
Corporal	Alan Matthew Thompson	02-12-2004	Succumbed to injuries sustained the day before after being struck by a vehicle while working the scene of an earlier crash	43	In the 4600 block of Spring Hill Avenue
Police Officer	Brandon Nykori Sigler	06-02-2009	Shot and killed while investigating a disorderly incident	26	In the parking lot of the Tyler Ridge Apartments on Thomas Road
Police Officer	Steven Caserlos Dion Green, Sr.	02-03-2012	Killed after being stabbed while walking a prisoner into the city jail	36	Outside the Mobile City Jail
Officer	Justin Taylor Billa	02-20-2018	Shot and killed after responding to help arrest a man who just killed his ex-wife	27	In the 2000 block of Avondale Court in Mobile, Alabama
Officer	Sean Tuder	01-20-2019	Shot and killed during a struggle with a violent suspect while working an undercover assignment.

References

1. "City of Mobile Police Department". City of Mobile Police Department. City of Mobile. Retrieved July 17, 2011.