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"𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮’𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮’𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤, 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙅𝙪𝙖𝙣 𝙋. 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚. 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚."

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 1, 2024. 𝑴𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 12 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔. 𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 911 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆, 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕’𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒔, 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉’𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 1, 2024. 𝑯𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒔, 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏."

A citizen extended her gratitude to Ofc. E. Cole for his assistance after she became lost and ended up on the opposite side of town without her phone. She was very grateful for his response and help.

"𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧, 𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙚, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨. 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙!"

"𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙋𝘿 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 1605….𝙞 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙫𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙬𝙚’𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙩. 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨!"

""𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴!"

"My husband was in an accident a few weeks ago and Officer Kirby was extremely helpful, kind, and just brought some type of peace to the situation. The accident was traumatizing to me as it involved my husband and two young toddlers. He also helped trail our vehicle to a safe location! I can’t brag enough, he was awesome!"

"I was just wanting to commend one of your officers for assisting me Friday night – Officer Ivey. When I left the ball game at Decatur, I had a flat and he assisted me and came and changed my flat. He was such a nice young man. I just wanted to say thank you so very much for his assistance and taking such good care of us. I pray you have a blessed day."

“My husband and I would like to express our gratitude toward Officer G. Jones. A large limb fell from a tree in our yard, completely blocking the road in front of our house. He came out and helped us move the limb out of the roadway, then stayed to help us clean up all of the smaller branches and pieces of bark. We are very grateful for his service to the community and his willingness to help others in need.”

"Some of our tires were randomly slashed last Thursday night and everyone told me I need to file a police report. I called you guys on Friday when I was told that and you guys sent Officer May to take a report. I just wanted to send you a message to tell you that he was very considerate, kind, and compassionate and gave us a lot of good information. We appreciate all the work that all of you do and especially wanted to commend Ofc. May for going above and beyond and trying to get us some answers, I hope you continue to stay safe and healthy, thank you all for the sacrifices you make every day!"

“Her calm demeanor was the right tool for the right time. She was a credit to your department and out city. So much in fact, that wafer we discussed her unusual skill set on the way back, I felt compelled to make you aware of it. We thanked her and I’m sure that is al she expected, but I hope that you will see fit to keep an eye on her for future growth.”

"Our police officer obsessed boy had his day made by Sgt. Jones with the Decatur Police Department. He got to ask him alllll the questions and Sgt. Jones even gave him a badge & official cup! Christian hasn't stopped talking about it since! Thank you to Sgt Jones for going above and beyond and being so kind to our boy! He is still talking about it today! He didn’t have to go above and beyond like he did, but we are so appreciative. Christian has had his police outfit on all day and called all of our family to tell them about meeting a real police officer! It was such a special experience! Thank you so much and to him, especially!"

"Officer Knight responded to my calls at least two times that I can remember. She showed me tough love, which is what I needed at that time, but she also encouraged me and inspired me and poured truth into me. I really wanted to call and thank her for not just being the officer that responded to my calls, but also for looking at me as person and just telling me that I can do this. If this is what I wanted to do, I can do it. Hearing that from someone else really helped me."

"Came across Sgt Lindley today while out with my grandchildren. He took the time to make the short visit a positive one and shed a good light on police officers in general. Please thank him for me."

"I’d like to give a shout out to one of your officers, Grant Jones! I live alone in an apartment that is right in the middle of all those shooting that happened and ever since all those shootings have happened he has took the time while he is working to drive around my apartment complex to make sure nothing is going on! I’m very grateful for him to do that! He definitely makes it feel safer around here!"

"I just wanted to take a moment and thank the officer who responded to my workplace this morning (Hospice of the Valley). I arrived at 6:30 am and found a homeless man asleep on a bench in our memorial garden. I was hesitant to approach him since others have said he has been belligerent on previous visits. I also thought if the police department handled the situation, it might have a longer lasting effect. I did not speak with Ofcr White, but I could tell that she handled this man amazingly well. He was not pleased about being awakened and really unloaded on her. Ofcr White was completely calm and let him diffuse his temper. She was kind but firm with him, and we are so thankful for her! We are super appreciative of her and of the quick response time as well."

"I was in Decatur Tuesday about 4 pm on 6th Ave near Prospect Avenue, and there was a small dog that had gotten away from its owner and was running in the street. The owner and I was trying to get to the dog and the traffic was very heavy. One of your officers stop turned on his lights traffic to allow myself and the owner to catch the dog and prevent it from getting run over. I don’t know the officers name nor did I get the car number, but I wanted to send a thank you from an animal lover where is active partners. Pray for our police around the country every day for your safety and appreciate what you do more than you’ll ever know!"

We had an incident involving a stolen vehicle this morning and Officer Segars was the one that reported to the call and ended up catching the thief and retrieving our property. That was amazing just that he caught the people responsible within minutes of our call to the police, but this officer was so professional and friendly and extremely helpful. You can imagine we were upset and the way he handled it was just above and beyond. We aren’t from Decatur and have dealt with a few officers before from other counties and never really had a great experience. Officer Segars actually cared and went way above and beyond. He even found some parts that were missing from the moped and returned them to us personally. I can’t say enough good things about Decatur PD and especially Office Segars. He is a credit to Decatur PD and we are so so thankful and grateful to him. - Whitley D.

"Big thanks to Officer C. Macris of the Decatur Police Department!!! I ran out of gas this morning. He stopped and made sure I was okay. He could tell I was afraid and reassured me he was there to help. When Bria D'Shae came with the gas can, he put the gas in my car and even stopped traffic so we could get back on the road safely. He is definitely one of the good guys! Many blessings to you sir!!!!!" - J. Robinson

"I just wanted to take a second to brag on your officers this weekend so far. I’m with Morgan County DHR and I am on call this weekend, and your officers have been so friendly and so helpful on each call I’ve dealt with so far. I greatly appreciate their help and their positive attitudes! Thank you!" - Allee G.

"I wanted to say a big Thank You to all involved in helping out with the traffic at the covid vaccination sites. Things seem to be running smoothly and I truly appreciate the folks in blue!" - Mary. S

I wanted to shoot you a quick email to let you know about a situation that just happened and how well Officer Summers handled it. We had a student that was going into a kicking and hitting fit. He just so happened to have pulled into the parking lot at that time. He was able to get level with the student and calmly talk the student out of the fit. It was like day and night in the child's behavior once he started talking to him. He definitely needs to be praised for the amazing work he just did!!

Thank you for your dedication to the citizens of Decatur. You risk your life everyday and I pray for all of your safety. - Venesia. M

Department Compliment

I would like to commend the Decatur Police Department and its officers . In today's world it is so often that many are critical of our law enforcement officers . However, I would like to commend our Police for their professionalism and service. On Monday my wife was involved in a accident. of course like many woman she was upset and shaken , However Ofc. Williams was not only helpful and understanding but his professionalism was exemplary. I must say that this is what I have found in every instance when dealing with our Law Enforcement officers . I personally feel Decatur Police could offer training to other agencies in our area on how to deal with the public. The department deserves a Kudos and a THANK YOU for remaining above the fray of today's politics and proving that Policing the community can be done fairly and professionally. Again Thanks to all of you for keeping us safe and Decatur a great place to live. - Mario. W

"I’m a native of Decatur and now live in a different state. I’m visiting my parents for the weekend with my young son. When we arrived at the airport, I was concerned our car seat wasn’t secure in their car, so, on our way into Decatur, we stopped at the police department.Officer May saw us and asked if he could help. He spent nearly half an hour in the hot sun helping us. A testimony to his public service. Thank you!" - M. Stewart

"Thank you, Decatur Police Department Alabama! Officer Michael Kitchens changed my tire for me. It would have taken me so much longer to do it myself.” - Sarah K.

"I just want to thank you guys for the amazingly quick response you had to my 911 call yesterday regarding a possible home invasion. Thankfully it ended up being a false alarm. But Decatur PD showing up within one minute of my call sure made me feel good. I now know how quickly you guys are there when we need you. Thanks again." - Tara C.

"We have had multiple interactions with Detective Sparks for several years and he has always exhibited the upmost professionalism. He has always been on top of things and is a true testament to the Decatur Police Department. " - Michael A.

"We are grateful for the fine work of Officer Wellman and Officer Franklin. My mother, who has Alzheimer's, walked out the front door. These officers found her. We are so thankful!" -Angela P.

"Someone broke the glass front door to our property last night with a rock from the railroad tracks. The police were wonderful. Policeman Justice was really great."

“I wanted to pass along a complement I received in reference to Officer Prince. Officer Prince encountered a citizen having a bad day and showed a great deal of compassion. He did his best to comfort her and calm her down. He called her family and stayed with her until they arrived. The citizen’s family couldn’t say enough good things about Officer Prince and his actions.”

"My daughter and I feel the two officers involved in a difficult traffic stop yesterday on the Beltline should be commended. We watched them maintain their composure while the driver acted agitated and hostile. Whoever those gentlemen were, they handled themselves so well." - Laura F.

"My grandson saw one of your officers next to my house on Easter and wanted to take him an Easter egg with candy. The officer kindly gave him a stuffed bunny rabbit. My grandson is over the moon and has named his bunny Officer Rabbit." - Bonnie L.

“A big thank you to Officer Bates and Officer Bankhead. Driving home from work, I had a blowout on 6th Avenue and was able to make it to Mapco. At almost midnight, I had no one to call. They were there and got my spare tire put on my car for me. Let them know they are much appreciated." - Michelle W.

"I wanted to say that I appreciate Det. Michael Kitchens. Today, my mom had a car accident at Gordon Terry and McEntire Lane, and Det. Kitchens pulled up to the wreck right after it happened to make sure everyone was okay and to control traffic, until the officer working the wreck showed up.” - Jared T.

"We woke up yesterday and took our dogs out in our back yard, at which time we could hear a lot of yelling coming from the direction of the front of our house. We went inside and could see through our kitchen window that DPD was already on the scene -- the person who had been previously yelling was quieted down." - Candace B.

“BIG shout out to the cops who helped me tonight on Danville Road when my transmission blew. The first cop who showed up was so helpful and understanding. I would love to thank him again personally.” - Lindsey C.

“My husband and I want to thank the officers who were so kind and thoughtful when they responded Sunday morning. We know that everyone was “just doing their job,” but it is so nice to see the professionalism exhibited. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful people serving our community.”

“I am writing this letter to you to commend Officer Bates for his extreme professionalism in performing his job. Officer Bates, from the time he arrived on the scene to leaving the scene, was courteous and kind. He was extremely fair and knowledgeable. Job well done.”

“I just wanted to brag on your officers for being a positive influence to our students.” - Alicia M.

“Officer May is everything you would ask a police officer to be. The police department we saw could not have been more professional and courteous.”

“My husband had a medical emergency while we were traveling. We couldn’t find a hospital and saw a policeman in the lane next to us. He took us to the hospital and I wanted to tell him how grateful we are. I believe his name is Officer Veazey. Thank you!”

“I would like to thank the Decatur Police Department. My wife had a wreck on the Beltline in front of Lowe’s. The officers there did their jobs very professionally and were courteous. Thanks to Officer Edmonson everything went smoothly. Thanks again!” - Tom C.