Hamilton Police Department

The Journal-Record recently received correspondence from Center for Best Practices in Law Enforcement Director Kaleb Littlejohn of Jacksonville State University, a UPACE Partner.
“On behalf of the University Partnership for Alabama Continuing Education and the Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police, I take great pleasure in announcing that HPD Chief Jordan Carter has completed 240 hours of training in the ‘Certified Law Enforcement Executive Program,’” Littlejohn noted. “This is the highest level of achievement that is awarded through this program.

When the Journal-Record staff learned of the recent “prank wars” being conducted by the Hamilton Fire Department and the Hamilton Police Department, we first off—found them very funny, followed by feeling proud, thrilled, entertained and encouraged by their skills and ingenuity. We felt this type of good-natured kidding around was good for not only staff morale and stress relief for both departments, but also for lifting community spirit.

(Editor’s note: The Journal-Record reached out recently to all the police departments in the county, as well as the sheriff’s department, to obtain end-of-the-year reports for 2025. We are grateful to all the police chiefs and sheriff Kevin Williams for allowing us to print this information, as well as each law enforcement official sharing a few words on their departments to go with the statistics.
This project is ongoing, and we will continue to print each city’s report as it becomes available.