Divisions
The Alabama Department of Public Safety is a full-fledged, statewide law enforcement agency comprising six divisions: Administrative, Alabama Bureau of Investigation, Driver License, Highway Patrol, Protective Services, and Service.
Administrative Division
All other divisions of the Department of Public Safety are served by the Administrative Division, which implements policies and procedures and provides a variety of functions necessary to the smooth operation of the department.
Alabama Bureau of Investigation Division
Division Chief - Major Hugh B. McCall
The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is the investigative division of the Department
of Public Safety. The ABI is responsible for conducting criminal and drug investigations,
often in support of city, county, state, federal, and foreign law enforcement agencies.
ABI provides assistance in crime scene processing, searches, latent print examination,
polygraph examinations, technical surveillance, bomb squad services, hostage negotiation,
marijuana eradication, and Internet Crimes Against Children. The Criminal Information
Center of the ABI is responsible for the maintenance, storage, analysis, and dissemination
of criminal activity information. The CIC also operates the Alabama Center for Missing
and Exploited Children and Sex Offender Registry Unit.
Driver License Division
Division Chief - Major Charles Andrews
The Driver License Division is responsible for testing and keeping records on Alabama’s
licensed drivers. These records include crash reports, traffic arrest forms, driver
license applications and traffic violation convictions. In addition to administering
the written and road skills driver license examinations to commercial and noncommercial
drivers, the division is responsible for the application of penalties that may result
in the revocation or suspension of a driver license.
Highway Patrol Division
Division Chief - Major Roscoe Howell
The Highway Patrol Division comprises seven Highway Patrol troops made up of 14
Highway Patrol posts and communications centers. It is the largest of the six divisions
that form the Department of Public Safety, accounting for approximately 65 percent
of the total number of arresting officers in the department.
Protective Services Division
Division Chief - Major Herman Wright
The Protective Services Division is responsible for providing general law enforcement/police
services at all state facilities, buildings, and other designated properties (primarily
within the state Capitol complex in Montgomery), as mandated by §32-2-100, Code
of Alabama, 1975; providing for the protection of certain state officers and visitors
to the state as mandated by §36-33-1, et. Seq. Code of Alabama, 1975; and fulfilling
numerous related duties. These include homeland security initiatives, such as threat
assessments and related operational/response planning for known and potential targets
of any form of terrorism, intelligence gathering and analysis, and investigation
of persons of interest and/or those who have made threats against public officials/
facilities. Additionally, a large function of the Protective Services Division is
to aid and assist other law enforcement agencies in matters of concurrent jurisdiction,
mutual interest, or upon request for such assistance.
Service Division
Division Chief - Major Jerry Conner
The Service Division is responsible for providing training, supplies, equipment,
assistance and other special services necessary to the effective operation of the
Department of Public Safety. Many of these services are made available to other
law enforcement agencies and state departments.
