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.
• "Operation S.T.O.P." (SouthTown OPeration) (June 11, 2013) - 100 officers from Birmingham Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office served warrants for seven suspected drug dealers in the Southtown Court housing project after neighbors complained. Seven arrests were made, mostly on charges of possession of controlled substances.
• "Operation Broken Arrow" (January 24, 2013) - Officers from Birmingham Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office served warrants for suspected drug dealers in the Southtown Court housing project after neighbors complained.
• "Operation EAGLE" (June 19, 2014-end of summer) - The name is derived from its component points: "Engage the public, Apprehend the criminal element through aggressive enforcement methods, Gather intelligence and disseminate to the intelligence unit, Lower the number of violent incidents and environment, or affect the Environment where criminal behavior thrives." The program is carried out through the Neighborhood Enforcement Team in concert with individual precincts and involves multiple engagements, including plain-clothes patrols, "knock-and-talks", executing warrants, erecting traffic checkpoints and undercover operations. In the first eleven days the department reported 38 felony arrests (15 in the East Precinct, 11 in the South, 10 in the West and 2 in the North), 107 misdemeanor arrests (44 E, 27 S, 25 W & 11 N), 126 citations (66 W, 56 E), 9 weapons seized and 7 vehicles towed.
• "Operation Blue Storm" (October 28, 2014), a 50+ officer lockdown of the Valley Brook Apartments on Gallant Drive. Six felony arrests, nine misdemeanor arrests, and 36 citations issued. The activity included investigation of widespread electricity theft by officials from Alabama Power Company. No weapons were seized, but some illicit drugs were confiscated. (report)