Birmingham Police Department (Alabama)

Birmingham Police Department
Abbreviation	BPD
Patch of the Birmingham Police Department
Badge of the Birmingham Police Department
Motto	To Protect & Serve
Agency overview
Formed	1871
Employees	912 (Uniformed)
Annual budget	$86.3 Million (FY 2013)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of Birmingham in the state of Alabama, USA
Map of Birmingham Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size	151.9 square miles (393 km2)
Population	229,800
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama
Agency executive	A. C. Roper, Chief of Police
Bureaus	4 Administrative Bureau Support Services Bureau Field Operations Bureau Investigative Bureau
Facilities
Precincts	4 North South East West
Other facilities	6 Airport Substation 5 Points South Substation School Services Substation Tactical Building Police Academy Range and Training Facility
Website
Birmingham Police Website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Birmingham Police Department (BPD) is the police department of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States.

Since the establishment of the Birmingham Police Department, 47 officers have died in the line of duty.