A Birmingham community activist is calling for the removal or resignation of Police Chief Scott Thurmond, citing an “unprecedented” rise in homicides and low morale among officers. Eric Hall, the co-founder of the Birmingham Black Lives Matter chapter who previously sought a seat on the Birmingham City Council,

Alabama state Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) called for the resignation of Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond on Monday.

Alabama State Rep. Juandalynn Givan has called for the resignation of Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond. The request came on Monday, Oct. 7. Rep. Givan said in a statement that she believe Thurmond should step down after failing to address what she called the “never ending bloodbath” taking place on the streets in and around her legislative district.

Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody made his first court appearance Monday in Marion County. Cody is accused of interfering with the judicial process after he led raids on the Marion County Record’s newsroom,

The former Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper last summer will make his first court appearance on Monday afternoon in Marion. Gideon Cody — hired as chief of police in Marion after leaving the Kansas City Police Department under a cloud of possible discipline and demotion — faces one count of interference with the judicial process,