Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 32-2-3 (2026)

Divisions - Creation; Age of Law Enforcement Officers or Trainees.

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(a) The director shall create divisions within the Department of Public Safety as shall be necessary. The divisions shall include all of the following:

(1) An administrative division.

(2) A highway patrol division.

(3) A driver’s license division.

(4) A service division.

(5) An investigative division, to be named the Alabama Bureau of Investigation.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after July 1, 2006, any person employed by the Department of Public Safety as a law enforcement officer or a trainee to be a law enforcement officer shall be 18 years of age or older.

(Acts 1953, No. 585, p. 828, §3; Act 2006-528, p. 1223, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: Riley v. Cornerstone Cmty. Outreach, Inc., 57 So. 3d 704 (Ala. 2010).
Riley v. Cornerstone Cmty. Outreach, Inc., 57 So. 3d 704 (Ala. 2010). · cites it 2× “ce executed the search warrant with -the, assistance of agents from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and from the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, which is the investigative division of the Department of Public Safety.”
Ala. Code § 32-2-3(a)(5): 1 case
Riley v. Cornerstone Cmty. Outreach, Inc., 57 So. 3d 704 (Ala. 2010). “ce executed the search warrant with -the, assistance of agents from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and from the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, which is the investigative division of the Department of Public Safety.”
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