Vestavia Hills Police Welcome Page

Vestavia Hills Police Department

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Departmental Organization

Departmental Mission Statement

A Message From James B. (Butch) Wilson, Chief of Police

I welcome you to the City of Vestavia Hills Police Department and our section of the City's web site. I hope the information you find here is helpful. Please, feel free to explore our portion of the City's site as well as those of other departments. We would like your feedback and suggestions. If you have any problems with the Police Department's web pages - broken links, for example - please, let us know. If you do not find the information you need, or if you need help, please e-mail or call our department.

The City of Vestavia Hills Police Department is a service-oriented agency committed to providing a wide range of police services to the citizens, merchants, shoppers, and visitors to our wonderful community. We are diligent in our efforts to help keep the City of Vestavia Hills the very best place to live, work, shop, and raise our children.

The men and women of our staff are dedicated to protecting life and property, providing services, responding to community needs, preserving constitutional rights, and enforcing the laws of the United States, the State of Alabama, and the Ordinances of the City of Vestavia Hills. We strive to treat everyone with respect, compassion, and dignity. Our officers conduct themselves with the highest standards of performance and accountability.

If the Vestavia Hills Police Department can be of assistance to you at any time please, call on us.

Please, use the link above to review the Mission Statement of the Vestavia Hills Police Department.

Sincerely,

James B. (Butch) Wilson
Chief of Police

The City of Vestavia Hills is one of the safest cities in Alabama with one of the lowest crime rates (click this link to see the latest figures). The Police Department takes pride in serving and protecting this community, and we look forward to assisting you. The Vestavia Hills Police Department operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week from two locations within the city. The West Precinct serves the largest section of the City and is located in the Municipal Complex at 513 Montgomery Highway. The East Precinct serves the Cahaba Heights and Liberty Park sections of Vestavia Hills, and is located at 3241 Cahaba Heights Road. Below are some important Police telephone numbers:

Police Services	823-1153
Police Information	978-0124
All Emergencies	911
Crime Hotline	978-0228

For additional Police Department contact information, click HERE.

Concerned citizens may also use this web site to report information they feel the police should have. To learn more, follow this link.

The following link will take you to a Medical Alert Form. This form is designed to assist the Police and Fire Departments in meeting your needs. If you or someone at your address has a special medical need, please follow the instructions on the enclosed form, fill in the pertinent information, and submit the completed form to the Vestavia Hills Police Department.

We are also providing a form for the business owners in Vestavia Hills. The purpose of this form is to assist the Vestavia Hills Police and Fire Departments in the event of an incident or emergency at your place of business. For the Police and the Fire Department to have this information is particularly important if the incident or emergency occurs after hours. We strongly encourage business owners to complete and submit the Business Emergency Contact Information Form.

All forms on this web site are in PDF format. You need the Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view, download or print these forms. Click HERE to obtain the latest, free version of Acrobat Reader.

For your convenience, these two forms can be filled in using your computer once they are downloaded. This will allow you to return the completed form as an e-mail attachment. Alternatively, you can print the form, fill it in by hand, and mail it back through US mail.

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Organization of the Vestavia Hills Police Department

The Police Department is organized in three Divisions:

Administrative Division

This division is under the direction of Lieutenant Tim Holcomb. It consists of the following three sections:

The Records Section:

Recording, archiving, and maintaining all official police reports. The Uniform Crime Reports required by the F.B.I and the Alabama Criminal Justice System is prepared by this section.

The Communication/Dispatch Section:

This section is under the joint direction of the Vestavia Hills Police -and Fire Departments. The section is responsible for routing all emergency and service calls for the City of Vestavia Hills. Dispatchers provide computer searches for wanted fugitives and stolen property. They retrieve information from the National Crime Information Center and the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center. They also enter missing and wanted persons, stolen property, and bulletins into these systems.

The D.A.R.E./S.R.O. Section:

Police Officers in this section teach Vestavia Hills students about the law, conflict resolution, the dangers of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use and help to create a safer environment in which to learn.

To learn more about these two programs, follow these links: D.A.R.E and S.R.O.

Investigations Division

This division is under the direction of Lieutenant Wayne Self. To learn more about the division, click HERE.

Patrol Division

The Patrol Division is divided in two precincts:

The West Precinct is headquartered at City Hall and is commanded by Lt. David Whitfield.

The East Precinct is headquartered in Cahaba Heights and is commanded by Lt. Rick Miller.

To learn more about the division, click HERE

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