Hanceville police indictments ‘completely irrelevant’ to excessive force lawsuit, attorney says
Last week’s indictments against five Hanceville police officers that also alleged the department engaged in a “a rampant ...
Hanceville police arrests, dispatcher’s death, corruption allegations threaten department: What we know today
A grand jury recommended abolishing the department after six arrests they said came from a "rampant culture of corruption." ...
Lawsuit filed after Hanceville police dispatcher’s overdose death claims chain of evidence was destroyed
The Hanceville Police Department’s former evidence custodian claimed in a lawsuit filed in August 2024, less than a week after a city dispatcher was found dead in his office, that he was effectively ...
Grand Jury Recommends Abolishing Police Department After Indicting 5 Officers
An Alabama police department has "recently operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency," a grand ...
Death, evidence issues, a 'criminal enterprise': How an entire police department was put on leave
A grand jury handed down felony indictments against roughly half the Hanceville, Alabama, police force and recommended the ...
Grand jury recommends Alabama police department be 'abolished'
Five of the city of Hanceville's officers, including its police chief, were arrested for tampering with evidence and other ...
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Grand jury calls for Hanceville Police Department abolishment
Alabama grand jury recommends that the Hanceville Police Department be abolished for years of corruption and incompetence.
Alabama city suspends entire PD after 5 officers indicted on corruption
An Alabama city suspended its entire police department Thursday after most of its officers were indicted by a grand jury on ...
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Death, evidence issues, a 'criminal enterprise': How an entire police department was put on leave
A former dispatch supervisor, 49-year-old Christopher Michael Willingham, was found dead at the department last summer, with a fatal combination of illicit drugs in his system. The death was the ...
Grand jury recommends abolishing Alabama police department over 'culture of corruption'
The mayor of Hanceville, Alabama has placed its entire police department on administrative leave, after a grand jury, said ...
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City in Alabama suspends entire PD after five officers indicted on corruption
An Alabama city suspended its entire police department Thursday after most of its officers were indicted by a grand jury on ...