The heavily armed Tuscaloosa Police Department special response team was briefly deployed to West Tuscaloosa on Thursday morning to assist federal agents seeking to arrest a fugitive who eventually surrendered.
Tuscaloosa has a new police chief after Michael Baygents took his oath of office on Monday morning, capping a nationwide search that ended with the city promoting from within.
The Tuscaloosa Police Department posthumously promoted two of its fallen officers on Friday morning, elevating men who were killed in 2011 and 2019 to the rank of Sergeant.
A spokesperson for the Tuscaloosa Police Department said they received more than 70 calls for service in the Strip area after A-Day on Saturday, prompting them to shut down the bar-and-restaurant district before sunset.