Hanceville, a small Alabama city of around 3,200 located about 45 miles north of Birmingham, placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after the grand jury recommendation.

A small Alabama city has been roiled by accusations that the local police department has a “rampant culture of corruption.” ...

The death of a dispatcher and drug-related arrests of police officers thrust an Alabama town into the national spotlight.

Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker said five Hanceville police officers were indicted on corruption and drug ...

Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer said Thursday in ... Donna Kelso, were also charged, AL.com reported. They have been charged with a variety of offenses, including misuse of state criminal databases ...

A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a “rampant culture of corruption” after charging five officers with a variety of crimes, officials announced Wednesday.

There is a rampant culture of corruption in the Hanceville Police Department, which has recently operated as more of a ...

Hanceville’s police chief ... he had a duty to report ethics violations of his officers to Alabama Ethics Commission and failed to do so. Specifically, records state, he did not report ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A small Alabama city placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be disbanded, saying it has “operated as more of ...

A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because ... announced Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers ...

As a small Alabama city weighs whether to disband its police department accused of having a "rampant culture of corruption," ...

An Alabama grand jury has recommended that the Hanceville Police Department be "immediately abolished," prosecutors said ...