Gardendale Police Department

The Gardendale Police Department serves the City of Gardendale, north of Birmingham, with a population of nearly 14,000. Since 2007 the department moved from Gardendale City Hall to a new Gardendale Police Headquarters in the former Food-World location at 1309 Decatur Highway. The Chief of Police is Mike Walker.

As of 2007, the Gardendale Police Department consisted of approximately 30 full-time employees plus another 29 part-time employees. The full-time employees include the Chief, patrol officers, two bicycle patrol officers, two investigators, and six dispatchers. The part-time employees include eight school crossing guards, eight reserve officers, and 13 Police Explorers. The latter is made up of 14-to-20-year-old youths and is affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America.

History

An ordinance was adopted establishing a police department for the city on July 7, 1955. Being a new city the first police chief used his own automobile for patrolling until the council leased a car for a few months and on November 3, 1955 the city purchased the first police car at a cost of $1,617.00.

Police Chiefs

• E. B. Lewis, 1955–1963
• R. R. Richmond, 1963–1963
• Raymond H. Rogers, 1963–1964
• Harold G. Litrell, 1964–1970
• Hoyatt F. McCain, 1970–1992
• Wallace Campbell, 1992–2007
  • Kevin Howell (interim), 2007
• Mike Walker, 2007–present

References

• Jones, Pauline Parker (1976), This is Gardendale.
• Patterson, Melanie (October 9, 2012) "Grocery store no more: Gardendale Police prepares for new home" North Jefferson News

External links

• Gardendale Police Department at cityofgardendale.com
• Gardendale Police Department on twitter.com