Section 36-21-1 Payment of fees and costs of defense of state law enforcement officers in certain cases. Any law enforcement officer of the state of Alabama who is sued or prosecuted for any act committed or done within the line and scope of his duties and authority will be reimbursed by the state for legal […]
Section 36-21-10 Minimum starting salary for county law enforcement officers; enforcement; definition. (a) All law enforcement officers employed by any county of this state who are employed as a full-time law enforcement officer shall make at least $1,300.00 per month starting salary. (b) The provisions of this section may be enforced in any court of […]
Section 36-21-11 Preference given to police officers and fire fighters suffering from diseases without known cure in admission to research programs. Whereas the sworn, full-time, regular employed state, county and municipal police officers of this state are required by law and policy to enforce the penal laws of the State of Alabama; and fire fighters […]
Section 36-21-12 State troopers may retire upon completion of 25 years service. Any person who is a state trooper, employed with the Department of Public Safety, may, regardless of age, exercise an option to retire upon completion of 25 years of service, to said department. Upon exercising this option, retirement benefits will be calculated using […]
Section 36-21-13 Compensation for injury to police officer utilized by state department or agency; injury review boards. (a) For purposes of this section, a “state police officer” is a full-time law enforcement officer of any state agency, department, board, commission, or institution, including full-time correctional officers of the Department of Corrections, who is certified by […]
Section 36-21-14 Communications by emergency responders with peer support members. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT MEMBER. An emergency responder or a person who is assigned to be a chaplain by an emergency service agency who is certified as a peer support member […]
Section 36-21-2 Subsistence allowance for certain law enforcement officers. (a)(1) Any law enforcement officer of the State of Alabama who is employed by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, the Alabama […]
Section 36-21-3 Lump-sum payments for service of state, etc., law enforcement officers, etc. (a) Each law enforcement officer and all police communications officers employed by the State of Alabama, including law enforcement officers of the Department of Industrial Relations and the Department of Revenue, and including State Fire Marshals, shall be entitled to and receive […]
Section 36-21-4 Overtime — Compensation generally. Each state law enforcement officer in the service of the state who is assigned to duty for more than 40 hours during the calendar week shall be paid time and one half for such excess hours worked or he shall be given time and one-half compensatory leave as herein […]
Section 36-21-4.1 Overtime – Pay or compensation leave for nonelected law enforcement officer in service of county. (a) Any nonelected law enforcement officer in the service of a county who has worked a number of hours in excess of the established and recurring work period, shall be compensated according to the standards and guidelines established […]
Section 36-21-5 Overtime – Statement of election of method of compensation. Any such law enforcement officer who works overtime during any calendar month shall on the last day of such month file in writing a statement as to his election to accept overtime pay or compensatory leave. In the event such law enforcement officer elects […]
Section 36-21-6 Overtime — “State law enforcement officer” defined. A “state law enforcement officer” shall be defined as a full-time state employee who has the power of a peace officer and who is sworn to uphold the laws and Constitution of the State of Alabama and has the power of arrest and who complies with […]
Section 36-21-7 Reimbursement by new employer for training expenses. In those instances in which a law enforcement officer, certified corrections officer, fire protection personnel, or firefighter of any municipality, county, sheriff’s department, fire district, or the state is employed by the State of Alabama, any county, sheriff’s department, fire district, or another municipality, within 24 […]
Section 36-21-8 Badge and pistol as part of retirement benefits for certain law enforcement officers and investigators. Any person who, at the time of retirement, is in good standing and employed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, the State Forestry Commission, the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center, the […]
Section 36-21-8.1 Badge provided for officer killed or disabled in line of duty. (a) Any peace officer or law enforcement officer as defined by subsection (4) of Section 36-21-40, who is killed in the line of duty shall have provided to the deceased officer’s survivor, as determined by the deceased officer’s department head, the badge […]
Section 36-21-8.2 Badge and pistol as part of retirement benefits for Department of Public Safety law enforcement officers. Any individual employed by the Alabama Department of Public Safety as a law enforcement officer for a period of ten years or more who left the department in good standing prior to December 31, 1970, with a […]
Section 36-21-8.3 Receipt of badge or pistol upon retirement – Police officers in Class 4 municipalities. (a) This section shall apply only to Class 4 municipalities. (b) Any Class 4 municipality may establish, by resolution, a procedure which provides that any person employed as a sworn police officer of the police department of the municipality […]
Section 36-21-9 Eligibility of honorably retired law enforcement officers to carry handguns; authorization card; revocation of authorization; penalty for refusal to comply with revocation. (a) Any honorably retired law enforcement officer whose retirement was not based on any pending disciplinary or legal action shall be eligible to obtain without charge a card authorizing the retired […]
