Jim C. Parsons

James C. Parsons (born c. 1933; died June 5, 2013 at Brookwood Medical Center) was the 28th Chief of the Birmingham Police Department.

Parsons left high school to join the Navy at age 17. He served in Japan and Korea before his 1954 discharge, and earned his general equivalency degree along the way. He joined the Birmingham police that year and was promoted to chief in 1972.

Parsons left Birmingham to serve as chief of the New Orleans Police Department in 1978, but returned to Alabama in 1981. In retirement he conducted private investigations for a law firm.

Parsons died in 2013 and is buried at Bivens Chapel Cemetery in Brookside.

Preceded by: Jamie Moore

Chief of Birmingham Police Department 1972-1978

Succeeded by: Bill Myers

References

• Robinson, Carol (June 5, 2013) "Former Birmingham Police Chief Jim Parsons dead at 79." The Birmingham News