Birmingham City Police Department

The Birmingham Police Department provides law enforcement services, promotes public safety and protects the rights and property of residents in Birmingham, Ala. The tactical division consists of the motor scouts, highway patrol, mounted police, the K-9 unit and the bomb unit. The detective division is comprised of the auto theft, burglary, business services, family services, and homicide and robbery units. The vice and narcotics unit includes both undercover and plainclothes officers. The youth services department oversees the drug abuse resistance and training program, the gang resistance education and training program and the police athletic team programs. In addition, the department operates a fully staffed training and education facility and firing range.

In business since 1997, Birmingham-Jefferson County (BJC) Animal Control Services specializes in for capturing, handling, housing and feeding animals. The firm's technicians are available at any time for animal emergencies. Its array of services include regulating uncontrolled animals, bite/attack investigations, control of rabies, cruelty/neglect investigations, stray/unlicensed animal pickup and injured animal rescue. Additionally, BJC Animal Control Service also offers lost/found services, micro-chipping, licensing services as well as adoption services. It serves areas, such as Jefferson County and the City of Birmingham.