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

A small Alabama city has placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be abolished.

Fate of Hanceville police department still uncertain after ‘culture of corruption’ accusations The fate of the Hanceville Police Department remains uncertain after the city council on Thursday delayed a vote on the possible ending of the department following a dispatcher’s death,

The Hanceville police chief and four of his officers are accused of mishandling or removing materials from the department's evidence room.

The future of the Hanceville Police Department in North Alabama is still under review following Thursday night’s city council meeting.

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. Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer said Thursday in a statement that the ...

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 charges.

Hanceville Police Chief Jason Marlin and four of his officers are accused of multiple crimes, including removing evidence from the department's evidence room.

There is a rampant culture of corruption in the Hanceville Police Department, which has recently operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency.”

HANCEVILLE, Ala. — 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 ...

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