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Decatur Police Department

City agency in Limestone, Morgan, Alabama. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2021.

ORI
AL0520100
Type
City
County
Limestone, Morgan
State
Alabama
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2021-01-01
Location
34.4545, -86.8464

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 58,187.

110Sworn officers
8Civilian staff
2.03Employees per 1,000 people
58,187Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2025110858,1872.03
20241081358,5142.07
20231192058,0052.40
20221121957,8312.27
20211162154,2402.53
20201331954,2952.80
20191391254,0742.79
20181341454,2072.73
20171302354,9582.78
20161331555,3742.67
20151331655,4832.69
20141332155,8362.76

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Deaths during encounters with this agency

3 people have died during an encounter with Decatur Police Department between 2022 and 2025, according to Mapping Police Violence.

3Deaths recorded
5.16Per 100,000 people policed
20222025Period covered
Recorded causeDeaths
Gunshot2
Taser1

What this figure is and is not. It counts deaths recorded as occurring during an encounter with this agency. It is not a finding of wrongdoing, and a death being recorded here says nothing about whether it was lawful. Many involve armed confrontations; some involve none. Police Census publishes counts only and does not name the people who died.

These records are compiled from news reports and public records by Mapping Police Violence, an independent research organisation — they are not official statistics, and no federal database records this comprehensively. Used with permission.

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record AL0520100. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.