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Alabama, 4 Other States Cracking Down On Speeding This Week

Alabama driver’s may begin to notice a few more flashing lights on the roadways this week. State troopers are joining law agencies in 4 other South-Eastern states,  (Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina) for “Operation Southern Shield”  a week-long crackdown on speeding starting Monday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says speeding killed more than 10,000 people in the United States…

Alabama State Troopers Calling on Legislature to Ease Trooper Shortage

Alabama State Troopers are saying accidents, fatalities, and injuries on the road are up and they believe it’s because of a shortage of troopers. “There’s not an area I don’t think in the state that have the manpower that they need to sustain their patrol coverage,” says Lt. David Steward, President of the Alabama State Trooper Association. Right now, there…

AL Troopers Arrest Suspected Interstate Shooter

On Sunday, August 21, at approximately 3:43 p.m., ALEA Communications received a call from a motorist who reported that a subject in a white Chevrolet Suburban, armed with a hand gun, fired shots at him on Interstate 85 in Macon County. The victim/caller followed the subject until a Trooper made contact with the subject off Interstate 85 in Montgomery County….

Remember to Move Over

After a recent accident in Butler County left one tow truck worker dead, law enforcement officials want to remind the public of the Move Over Law. The law, passed in 2009, mandates that all cars passing stopped emergency vehicles must slow down and move into the other lane. The law was later amended in 2012 to include moving over for…