List of Birmingham Police Department operations

This is a List of Birmingham Police Department operations:

1980s

• "Operation Western Sizzler" (September 1985-February 1986) - a thrift store set up by police to attract thieves looking to fence their goods.

2000s

• "Operation Hit Back" (launched June 2008) - periodic sweeps to arrest people with outstanding domestic violence warrants.
• "Operation HotSpot"
• "Operation Omnipresence" (launched Summer 2008) - training of private service workers and delivery persons in spotting and reporting criminal activity, suspicious behavior, accidents and lost or injured persons.
• "Operation Spring Break" (Spring 2009) - burglary unit detectives worked the West Precinct, making 85 arrests.
• "Operation Vulcan's Thunder" (launched Spring 2008) - deployment of remote-controlled closed-circuit television cameras in high crime areas to aid in detection and deterrence of crime.
• "Operation Zero Tolerance" (Launched January 2008) - periodic high-intensity sweeps in specific areas during which even minor crimes are enforced.
• "Prayer Force United" (launched early 2009) - intercessory prayer campaign coordinated by Chief Roper.
• "Operation Sticky Fingers" (September 24, 2009) - a sting operation targeting thieves and robbers at Five Points South, resulted in three arrests.
• "Operation Crackdown" (each December 31) - a mobilization of extra officers to suppress celebratory New Years' gunfire.
• "Operation Guardian" (several times a year since 2008) - round-up of suspects with outstanding warrants

2010s

• "Operation Close-Out" (November 1–December 30, 2010) - clearing warrants for property crime. Serving 707 warrants resulted in 93 felony arrests, 303 misdemeanor arrests, 360 citations issued, and 14 weapons seized.
• "Operation RESCUE" (Rapid Engagement Suppressing Crime through Unified Enforcement) (September 2011 and May-June 2012) - round up of suspects with outstanding warrants followed by door-to-door communication with residents of the Central Park neighborhood and Eastern Birmingham. The first two operations in Central Park netted 69 arrests.