Time ran out on the 2026 session of the Alabama Legislature before a final vote could be taken on a bill to increase the number of officers in the Montgomery Police Department.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed is speaking out in opposition to a bill that would force the city to increase police staffing levels or else have the state control the police department.
A bill that could put state officials in charge of police staffing in Montgomery is expected to reach the Alabama Senate floor next week.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed says the city is experiencing positive momentum in public safety, emergency response, infrastructure investment, housing affordability and downtown development.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed has outlined crime statistics in the city in 2025 and the overall progress he says the city is making in many areas.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed has announced that Donald Watkins, Jr., has withdrawn his name from consideration as the director of Small and Minority Business Development.
The City of Montgomery is recognizing seven graduates who are now certified to be emergency 911 dispatchers and operators.
Three of this area’s top political leaders have addressed the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce about key issues they are facing.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and Police Chief James Graboys are expressing anger over the release of one of the four mass shooting suspects on bond.
“Starting a convicted felon at $120,960 not only sends the wrong message to the city,” said board member Seale. “It sends the wrong message to all the first responders and garbage collectors who’ve been asking for raises.”
