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Mobile Police Department

Municipal elections

Mobile Police Department Homicide Unit endorses Barbara Drummond for mayor

Drummond announced she secured a significant endorsement from respected detectives committed to a safer Mobile.

September 17, 2025

Attorneys for Jawan Dallas comment on MPD controversy

Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine was placed on leave last week before he announced his retirement.

April 15, 2024

Mobile police chief announces retirement after being placed on administrative leave

Prine was placed on administrative leave pursuant to an ongoing investigation into the Mobile Police Department.

April 11, 2024

Mobile Police officers found not criminally liable in Jawan Dallas’ death

On July 2, Dallas died following an encounter with police during which he was tased multiple times.

November 21, 2023

Questions arise regarding Mobile Police claims of evidence despite grand jury

Several individuals questioned how police were able to make claims given the supposed secrecy of grand jury evidence.

November 1, 2023

Officers involved in Jawan Dallas’ death working in community: Mobile police chief

Jawan was killed on July 2 after being stopped and tased by Mobile Police Department officers.

October 26, 2023

Mobile Police not revealing information about officers involved in Jawan Dallas’s death

Despite calls and claims of being transparent, the department still has not released the identities of the cops involved in Dallas's death.

October 5, 2023

Family of man killed by police plead to see body cam footage

The Mobile Police Department and city attorney have said the footage won't be released as long as an active investigation is ongoing.

August 31, 2023

Jawan Dallas’s family sues the city of Mobile, officers involved in death

Jawan Dallas was a 36-year-old Black man tased by officers with the Mobile Police Department on July 2 and died following the tasing.

July 21, 2023

Jawan Dallas’s family to sue Mobile and police officers

Dallas’s family has demanded transparency and accountability from MPD, calling for the release of body cam footage.

July 19, 2023