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Revision as of 00:19, 5 February 2010
C. W. Austin was Chief of the Birmingham Police Department from 1898 to 1901, a period when the position was elected at-large by city voters.
Austin was the son of W. D. Austin, one of Birmingham's early patrolmen. He graduated from Birmingham High School and followed his father's footsteps into the force at the age of 20. He spent six years as a constable before being elected Chief in the 1898 Birmingham mayoral election that brought Mel Drennen's administration to power, partly on the promise to more strenuously enforce Blue Laws that kept businesses closed on Sundays.
As Chief, Austin announced the Anti-Spitting Law of 1899 and oversaw the department's move into the new Birmingham City Hall in 1901.
Austin ran unsuccessfully to return to office in the 1907 Birmingham mayoral election.
| Preceded by: Thomas McDonald |
Chief of Birmingham Police Department 1898–1901 |
Succeeded by: William Wier |
References
- "Will of People to be Expressed Monday: Wide Interest in Democratic Primary." (February 16, 1907) Birmingham News