Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, talks to reporters about reports of police abuses in the town of Brookside, which is in her Jefferson County district. He was very upset about what happened, she said. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, and GOP Lt. Gov. Bill Dawson, a lawyer who has represented several clients in Brookside, said defendants have faced possession charges for a joint, with paraphernalia charges tacked on for the paper it was rolled in. She paid the $160 ticket and began to make her case through emails to public officials, complaints, a television interview and elsewhere. All rights reserved (About Us). The suit also names 23 current and former officers as individual defendants. Brandon McDonald, another former dispatcher the first hired by Brookside after Chief Jones took over in 2018 and created the position said Jones had a long association with Savelle. They seek damages against the individual police officers for wrongful fines, forfeitures, and arrests, including mental anguish damages., In trying to establish a conspiracy, the complaint contends that the town of Brookside, its court and its officers, exist to extract the payment of unlawful fines from the people.. City officials have said they cannot comment on personnel issues, though they did provide, as part of the records request, a breakdown of officer pay. Ainsworth, also a Republican, told AL.com that his office would look at legislative options to determine how to prevent towns from taking advantage of drivers passing through on highways, a problem lawmakers acknowledged is happening across the state. Perez ultimately decided to pay the $1,100 fine on top of hundreds hed already spent to get his towed car back and get the heck out of Brookside. WBRC FOX6 News has reached out to the Town of Brookside leaders for a response to the special report, and we will update this story when we receive a response. He was also ticketed for improper signal, though he cant even fathom how that might have occurred. The towns administrative expenditures rose 40% and overall spending jumped 112%, from $553,000 in 2018 to $1.2 million in 2020. For most of the past decade it saw little crimeonly 55 . We dont like writing tickets.. But in 2018 it began building a police empire, hiring more and more officers to blanket its six miles of roads and mile-and-a-half jurisdiction on Interstate 22. I quit Brookside once he came back, she said. I can stand a thief better than a dirty cop. I was working that night and I received a phone call from the Hoover police chief, she said. He is still torn, wondering if he should have fought the town harder. By 2020 officers in the sleepy town were undergoing SWAT training and dressing in riot gear, even as the city continued with only a volunteer fire department. Yet the town with no traffic lights collected $487 in fines and forfeitures in 2020 for every man, woman and child, though many of those fined were merely passing by on I-22. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. What happens is when it gets to be so egregious, when you go a little bit too far and you take it to an extreme as the city of Brookside did, it just wasnt about selective enforcement, it becomes routine, Givan said. The real trouble for Michelle Jones began as she started posting on her Facebook page when she saw Brookside police stopping people in places she thought were out of bounds. Franklin said she believes the only reason she wasnt arrested was because she works for Jefferson County. All rights reserved (About Us). Brookside Police did patrol the 1.5-mile stretch of Interstate 22 within their jurisdiction and wrote tickets that brought in $82,467 in fines. Savelle on Monday resigned from the Brookside Department, hours after AL.com asked city officials about his past. They let her out of jail at midnight, long after her family had made bond. It is the second time in four days a former Brookside police officer has been jailed. I was the one that informed him that Mike Jones was in Washington D.C. and that Bo was the acting chief.. Brookside has operated its police and court system with the primary objective of obtaining revenue from motorists traveling on or near Interstate-22, Harris lawyers wrote in a suit filed last year. During his time as a council member, Mike Bryan voted for and helped to pass ordinances strengthening the Brookside Police Department in addition to passing city budgets with revenues increasing over 600%, she said. Bryan did not respond to questions about Savelle, or Jones hiring. The citizens of this state and those traveling through this state should enjoy the opportunity to freely access our roadways, he said. 2023 County Office. I think its one of those situations that could possibly bring in the feds with some oversight, he said. When he got to court Dec. 2, he saw scores of people just like him lining up to stand before Judge Jim Wooten, complaining of penny-ante crimes and harassment by officers. They tell, with consistency, of specious tickets and arrests, of retaliation by a police department and by a chief who challenged those who questioned him as he sought to build an empire on the backs of drivers. Address, Phone Number, and Fax Number for Brookside Police Department, a Police Department, at Main Street, Brookside AL. Theres no way I was going to run that stop sign.. He agreed to represent his niece in her traffic case. The conclusion reads: She insists like many others stopped by Brookside police that she did not run the stop sign at all. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Jones again as Mayor Bryan nodded said the goal of the department is only to help people. He served a months suspension, with pay in the wake of news coverage about the arrest. Most of the vehicles Brookside Police drive are unmarked, and tinted. Its findings will be passed along to appropriate state agencies, if necessary. (Joe Songer for AL.com).Joe Songer. Yet the Brookside stories come at an alarming rate. The affidavit says Jones told the Covington deputy he was the chief in Brookside, a town a couple hundred miles north, just past Birmingham. In a report published by AL.com, figures pointed to half of the town's revenue had come from an increase in fines and forfeitures, including officers taking property during traffic stops. So it was a bit of a moral outrage because I had sat in court three times now and it was no longer a mistake., This was an intentional policy of the city and my niece just happened to get caught up in it and happened to challenge it. They are sworn Law Enforcement Officers certified by the Alabama Peace Officers Standards Training (sic) Commission. More than half the Brookside officers resigned or were fired this year as more and more people came forward to tell their stories about mistreatment in Brookside. Police must direct traffic before the 1 p.m. court session starts. Jones says she was polite to the officer, but was convinced the ticket was unfounded and given outside the Brookside police jurisdiction. Brookside has 1,253 people, according to the most recent census. No one can objectively look at this and conclude this is good government that is keeping us safer.. The audits show, however, how the town came to depend on the ticket money. The charges against Savelle were misdemeanors, meaning they wouldnt necessarily disqualify him from being certified as a police officer in Alabama, even if he had been convicted. A judge set Halls fines at $6,000, and he had to post $12,000 bond while he appealed the case, an amount Weinberg considered excessive, and one that would prevent defendants without money or support from arguing their cases in state court. People stand in line, waiting to get into the courtroom. He lent his car to a friend, who was pulled over and arrested for drug possession. "Brookside is a continuation of that story almost 10 years later. Judge Wooten said he would not resign, and referred questions to the prosecutor. When he declared bankruptcy in 2019, Jones owed $300,000 in tax liens and $2.2 million in total claims. Covington County's affidavit for a warrant to arrest former Brookside police chief Mike Jones. Ive seen it, DA Carr said. She turned on her lights, according to her lawsuit, because of the approaching darkness. "The Town of Brookside is committed to reforming our police department and setting a new standard for community policing in Brookside and Alabama," says Bryan. The accounts told to AL.com detail harassment and intimidation. I could take over the whole county with numbers like that, he joked. All rights reserved (About Us). Fairness and real justice, I believe, is something people are looking for when it comes to law enforcement. In addition, the police charged her with making a false 911 call, obstructing government operations by refusing to give proper papers, and disorderly conduct for yelling for others to come out of their homes. Greenway Park incorporates a truly remarkable mix of habitats in close proximity. The AGs office this week would not confirm or deny to AL.com the existence of any case involving Brookside. John Walker was stopped in Brookside for following too closely. Detective Johnson had called and asked that I come to the Brookside Police Department to talk to them. after AL.coms original report on Brookside. Between April 2018 and June 2020, they handed out 406 of those tickets, or about 15 a month, according to documents filed in the lawsuit. And 99% of them are lying.. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The Justice Department is urging a federal judge to let a class-action lawsuit go forward against an Alabama town accused of policing for profit with excessive fines and aggressive enforcement of local laws. Brookside, which in 2018 had one full time police officer, now parks a riot control vehicle townspeople call it a tank outside the municipal complex and community center. The Town of Brookside participates in the affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, it says. The Town of Brookside forced Plaintiffs and the Plaintiff classes to give up their property and pay illegal fines through fear, intimidation, and under color of official right by imposing fines not authorized by law, seizing property without the legal right to do soand by threat of jail time unless illegal fines were paid or property unlawfully forfeited, the suit says. In fact the woman her name is redacted in the report told police she turned around and hit him after Savelle snuck up behind her and grabbed her buttocks.. Wattson claims he was unaware of the drugs. He and members of the town council complained of. Find 6 Police Departments within 8.3 miles of Brookside Police Department. "You're taking the money for them to potentially get that light fixed by making them pay a fine.". Second, the town would likely benefit from a relationship with a research organization to provide annual information on the existence of any red flags detected in statistical trends and patterns. All rights reserved (About Us). Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. Brookside, just north of Birmingham, already faces at least 10 lawsuits about its policing. Brookside until recently was known for its quirky Russian food festival and the states only onion-domed Russian Orthodox Church. Givan said this time she especially wants to hear from women. Ive been irritated in these comments that come from Mike Bryan, McDonald said. The complaint seeks return of property and damages. Mayor Bryan dismissed the complaints of those who must appear in court. If you have a witness with you, theyre gonna issue you a warning., I felt that basically, that this was a way for them to make money to fund their city off the backs of citizens from other areas. No communitysmall or large can do it alone. Such an appearance is created when a vastly disproportionate number of citations are issued given the towns population, and a high number of citations involve minor mechanical and traffic offenses. Dawson argued in a lawsuit against Brookside and Chief Jones that Brookside has continuously used the false left lane violation as a reason to stop and detain hundreds of motorists. But not in the courtroom. Jones lawyer, Bryan, did not return calls today. First, it should avoid racial profiling and selective enforcement. Drivers, both in responding to the stories and in a town hall held last week to address police and court concerns, have complained of bullying, intimidation, detention, retribution, threats, racial profiling, and charges made up of whole cloth to stack fines on drivers, among other things. BROOKSIDE, Ala. (WBRC) -The town of Brookside is facing another lawsuit. Because people overwhelmed by debt have been shown to turn to crime to pay their fines an argument can be made that this kind of policing creates crime, Crowder said. This is the statement from the Town of Brookside: Mike Jones resigned as the Police Chief for the Town of Brookside. Mike Jones, former police chief in the troubled Alabama town of Brookside, was arrested today on felony charges of impersonating a peace officer during a traffic stop in south Alabama.. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. He was very ugly from the start.. Bill Dawson, a lawyer in Birmingham, said he's had about two dozen people contact him with allegations, but for years, many have been too reluctant to complain. But its a common charge in Brookside. But on Wednesday morning, she said, she got a call from the Alabama Attorney Generals investigator who had worked the case after her complaint was filed in 2019. She vividly recalls the events of that night and the following day. A Brookside officer ticketed Brumlow under Alabama code section 32-5-77, which her lawyers contend does not contain a crime. AL.com in January reported how Brookside used fines and forfeitures to bring in almost half the town revenue in 2020, and how its police department grew exponentially under Chief Jones. Traffic tickets, and criminalizing those who passed through, became the citys leading industry. However, our analysis did find significant evidence of selective enforcement with respect to warning tickets. Smart, targeted strategies administered in an even-handed fashion will maximize results and public support for Brookside. Police must direct traffic before the 1 p.m. court session starts.. He stated that I issued threats, incited a riot, and slandered the Brookside Police Department in my Facebook posts. I just know that the police departments not gonna be able to come back from this, she said. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WIAT) As the Brookside Police Department debacle continues, the call for Mayor Mike Bryan and other leaders to resign still rings among those who have been victims by the city's officers. Sheriff Pettway gaped at the Brookside ratio. Across the country, the average size of a force is one officer for every 588 residents, according to a Governing Magazine study that examined federal statistics. Find 12 external resources related to Brookside Police Department. If you want to go out there and do something like that, you are creating a law., Perez said the officer went absolutely crazy over her lack of ID. A court worker told her she would have to plead guilty or go to driving school. The deputy described a Brookside badge with a chief indicator at the bottom. Instead, the arresting officer was listed as Agent JS, while the assisting officer was Agent AR.. Please keep your posts factual and post links to reliable sources. story of how the tiny town turned to aggressive ticketing to build a ballooning police force that came to provide half the towns revenue. The courtroom and the parking lot are packed with people. About Us Contact Us Jones built Brooksides police department from a sleepy, one-man agency to an intimidating force of 14 between 2018 and this year. The town's median household income is less than $40,000, according to demographic data. If we have to come get ya, well make you famous!, When you look at their Facebook pages its almost like they are bullies. He feels the police saw him as prey, and treated him as such. In May of 2019, the month Brumlow was stopped, Brookside officers ticketed 75 people for driving in the left lane. We are not safer because of it.. called for the second town hall meeting this week. On the other end was a caller IDd as coming from the Brookside Town Hall, she said. According to AL.com's investigation, Jones, who was hired in 2018, built a police department of 10 or more full-time and part-time officers to patrol Brookside's 6 miles of roads and 1 mile jurisdiction along Interstate 22, a corridor between Birmingham and Memphis, Tennessee. The town of Brookside, Alabama holds municipal court once a month. (Joe Songer for AL.com).Joe Songer. In fact, they said in November they didnt know how that money is spent. I should have brought a lawyer, but right now my time is not there, he said. She thought the complaint was long forgotten or closed. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. The primary function of the Police Department is deterring crime, stopping crimes in progress, investigating crimes, and serving as first responders for emergencies and situations that threaten public safety. Police stops soared between 2018 and 2020. View map of Brookside Police Department, and get driving directions from your location. Erik Ortiz is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital focusing on racial injustice and social inequality. Police charged Harris with flickering her lights or nuisance of casting lights from motor vehicle on real property at night, which she argues did not happen and eventually was dropped. Michelle Jones, of Forestdale, has fought the Brookside police department for three years. Ramon Perez came to court last month ready to fight the tickets hed been handed by Brookside police, including one for rolling through a stop sign and another for driving 48 mph in a 40 zone. Ainsworth called for a financial audit by the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts and vowed the state would investigate Brookside and towns like it. I know that.. I was just looking at him like, so this is what this stop is about?. Officers in Brookside have been accused in lawsuits of manufacturing reasons for traffic stops, overcharging and "making up laws," AL.com reported. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Police must direct traffic before the 1 p.m. court session starts. (Joe Songer for al.com).Joe Songer. The lowest-paid officers made $12 an hour. Will Ainsworth, have said Brookside and towns that use overly aggressive policing to fill their coffers must change. Its more important now than ever before that law enforcement maintain high levels of professionalism and integrity, he said. requested an audit of Brooksides town and police force, have called for bills to help curb small-town policing, sometimes appropriated by white supremacists, in the case of Rev. She was not speeding, or breaking the law, she argued in the suit. Fourth, Brookside should avoid over-policing and overly broad traffic enforcement which creates the appearance of ticketing for revenue. she added. The town now faces 13 lawsuits. Since this involves a personnel matter, the Town has no further comment. He seems to want to push the blame off on everybody else when he and (former mayor) Roger McCondichie both appointed Mike Jones knowing about his past. Walker told the judge he will fight the charge. When the deputy approached the car, he reported that the driver of the vehicle was holding a police badge out of the drivers window, according to the affidavit filed by the county to obtain a warrant for Jones. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Jones blamed the lawsuits on ambulance-chasing attorneys.. The complaint alleges numerous constitutional violations, and we believe the citizens need to be protected from illegal actions by the Town of Brookside.. It was something that I should not have been stopped for, Brumlow said in sworn testimony. Mike Jones, former police chief in the troubled Alabama town of Brookside, was arrested today on felony charges of impersonating a peace officer during a traffic stop in south Alabama. Johnson, though it is unclear if Brookside had a Detective Johnson. Not all of them can afford to pay their fines as he did, and some have been put on payment plans. You cant do whats going on over there.. Most of the time people get stopped, theyre going to get a ticket. Ramon Perez felt that way as well, sitting in the courtroom and hearing defendants plead to the same charges over and over. An investigator with the AG responded to her, and she spelled it out again in 2020. Others werent so fortunate. The military-styled vehicles have already been returned to the State, our police cars have been re-striped, and the Town is investing in new, easily identifiable uniforms for the police officers., Civil RICO case filed again by John Archibald. (Joe Songer for al.com).Joe Songer. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). He informed me that my case was never closed, said Jones, who lives in Forestdale near Birmingham. Pettway also said issues with Brookside could draw the attention of the federal government. ABC 33/40s Cynthia Gould reported at the time. I have never been in any trouble only had one speeding ticket. One, by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur would force cities to make the amount of fines and fees they collect public. Citizen and officer safety, and protection of constitutional rights, should be among the prime goals of such training. Eventually she was given an inhaler and treated by paramedics. in the wake of news coverage about the arrest. Jones is not alone in complaining about Brookside. Over 200 people packed into the new Jefferson County Sheriffs Office Training Facility building to voice their complaints about aggressive policing by the Brookside Police Dept. He saw so many people trying to park in the grassy field outside the municipal building that police had to direct traffic. By last summer, he said in a deposition, Brookside had hired eight additional full-time officers and several part-timers. IE 11 is not supported. But lawyers and law enforcement officers across central Alabama have raised questions about things in Brookside they say they have never otherwise come across. Suggest Listing The Brookside Police Department is located on Municipal Drive, and the Chief of Police is Jason Springfield. He was drunk and disorderly and harassed a married couple, according to a Hoover offense report. Brookside Police Chief Mike Jones, who spearheaded the change and grew the police department tenfold, at least, calls the towns policing a positive story. Mayor Mike Bryan a former councilman who assumed his position last year after the death of the previous mayor sits and nods in agreement. It was nearing dusk, and as she drove into the neighborhood she didnt think much about the unmarked black SUV with tinted windows on the side of the road. People who had their vehicles towed and impounded by Jetts Towing after a traffic stop. CountyOffice.org does not provide consumer reports and is not a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). About a year ago, the former head of the Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police received several complaints about the Brookside Police Department. Jones could not be reached for comment Friday. Jones could not be reached for comment on this report. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. His car was towed with apologies from the tow-truck driver costing him several hundred dollars. The deputy has since also issued a speeding ticket to go along with the impersonation charge.. Updated 5:15 p.m. May 2 to add Brookside response. Tuesday February 1, 2022. Roger McCondichie, the late mayor of Brookside, at the time called Jones company woes personal business and defended the hiring by saying Jones was certified and had all the credentials. I honestly dont think the towns gonna be able to come back from this. In January of 2014 Savelle was arrested in Shelby County a county south of Birmingham that includes Helena on charges of public intoxication, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, court records show. Officer Deshawn Mark Cook, who worked in Brookside as recently as Thursday, was arrested Friday on charges of first degree rape stemming from 2021. But an officer grabbed the phone and threw it to the ground, breaking it, the lawsuit says. Starting on Page 3 of the report Simon wrote, Our analysis of Brooksides traffic citations did not produce strong statistical evidence of racial profiling in traffic stops. BROOKSIDE, Ala. The police chief of a northern Alabama town resigned Tuesday amid allegations that he set up an aggressive traffic trap that by 2020 accounted for nearly half of the town's . Arrests on Brookside warrants went from zero to 243 in the span of two years, according to statistics Chief Jones presented to the council. Chief Jones testified under oath that just one of the 10 Brookside vehicles is painted with police striping, but nine others bear no emblems, and seven are tinted all the way around, making it impossible to see inside. August 18, 2015 Aerial Videography of Brookside, Alabama Trails Five Mile Creek on the Alabama Birding Trail September 24, 2014 Brookside walkng trail has been added to the Appalchian Highlands Birding Trail web site! The news outlet found that Jones positioned officers to stop motorists so aggressively that income from traffic fines and forfeitures rose 640 percent from 2018 to 2020, from about $82,000 to more than $610,000. However, an initial review of the complaint reveals that any allegations of conspiracy are false and without merit and the Town vehemently denies such allegations.. 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