They let her out of jail at midnight, long after her family had made bond. He has not commented since. After being pulled over on Interstate 22 for allegedly speeding in February 2021, Anyl Pascal was arrested by Brookside police and taken to jail. And a Brookside man told AL.com police in the town pulled him over with blue lights and told him there would be consequences if he posted more about the police on Facebook. 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. Despite that, the Shelby County case was dropped without explanation under the condition that he pay $100. We get calls about Brookside quite regularly because they really go outside their jurisdiction to stop people, Pettway said. "What if $150 is the cost of choosing between feeding my child, getting their medicine or paying this ticket?" Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. He informed me that my case was never closed, said Jones, who lives in Forestdale near Birmingham. It was something that I should not have been stopped for, Brumlow said in sworn testimony. In fact, they said in November they didnt know how that money is spent. As more tickets brought in more money, the town began to spend much more. In Brookside, complaints about retaliation have come time and time again, as in the case of Rev. They were infatuated with Mike (Jones) because he was doing all this good for Brookside and they couldnt see any of the bad.. She said she tried to record the interaction after three officers in two vehicles pulled her car over, but an officer with a valknot symbol a Norse sign sometimes appropriated by white supremacists on a ring and one of his gun clips confiscated her phone. Brookside officers have been accused in lawsuits of fabricating charges, using racist language and making up laws to stack counts on passersby. He said people have stories about their cars getting towed and being left on the side of the road, then being charged by both the town and the impound company to get their vehicles back, on top of daily storage fees. Its not about making a dollar, Jones said. If we have to come get ya, well make you famous!, When you look at their Facebook pages its almost like they are bullies. 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). A third calls for guidelines on how cities and towns handle municipal courts. In a sworn deposition in the civil suit Jeff Brumlow said he went to court three times before the case was ultimately dropped, and saw many people hed guess 25 to 30% of all defendants charged with the dubious left lane violation. originally filed on behalf of Cory Thomas, AL.com in January reported how Brookside used fines and forfeitures, Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. The BPD has managed to double the impoverished town's total income from 2018 to 2020 as a result of its 640% increase in fines and forfeitures. She vividly recalls the events of that night and the following day. They were shining these flashlights in my car and it was daylight. 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. She argued that she only drove in the left lane to pass other vehicles, and her ticket on May 26, 2019 came five months before Alabamas Anti-Road Rage Act, a law making it illegal to drive in the left lane of an interstate for more than a mile and a half, went into effect. Brookside now faces at least five lawsuits. The release said the town has no further comment on Jones's resignation since it involves a "personnel matter." The accounts of drivers dozens of them are strikingly similar. Will Ainsworth has requested an audit of Brooksides town and police force, and lawmakers across party lines have called for bills to help curb small-town policing for profit on Alabama Interstates. AL.com published a story outlining Brookside policing, , former Lt. James Bo Savelle III, resigned Jan. 31. says he was a passenger in car stopped for driving with an improper tag, and that he was detained, among other things. Neither the police nor the town have responded to questions since the original story ran. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. It showed that total arrests custodial, misdemeanor and felony rose 1,109% from 2018 to 2020. Alabama Senate candidate Lisa Ward said ex-Chief Jones tried to intimidate her in a social media message after she shared the AL.com story on Facebook. He said the case remains active and under investigation, and he is trying to determine if the Chevy Tahoe that Jones was driving once belonged to the town of Brookside. 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. You may not use this site for the purposes of furnishing consumer reports about search subjects or for any use prohibited by the FCRA. . For most of the past decade it saw little crimeonly 55 . His car was towed with apologies from the tow-truck driver costing him several hundred dollars. I see a 600% increase thats a failure. Written with the support of Columbia Universitys Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights. There were two cars and one SUV that surrounded my car and police were everywhere, she wrote. This is at the corner of Roberta Road and Mulberry Road, which is far away from their city limits.. The towns own investigator said police under Jones sought out those who they believed could not put up a fight poor people in particular, and those who had previous run-ins with the law. The affidavit says Jones told the Covington deputy he was the chief in Brookside, a town a couple hundred miles north, just past Birmingham. That meeting will be at 6 p.m. at the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office Training Center in Fultondale, 3500 Happy Hollow Lane. 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. 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. They gave me a ticket for running a stop sign. Brookside police gave her a ticket in May of 2019 for running a stop sign at Roberta Road and Cherry Avenue across I-22 from Brookside. 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. I know that.. As we have seen, overly aggressive traffic enforcement is not the way forward. Ive never seen a possession case split like that, he said. John Walker was stopped in Brookside for following too closely. The courtroom and the parking lot are packed with people. Sandra Jo Harris, a 52-year-old grandmother, claims in a lawsuit she pulled off I-22 at Cherry Avenue on Jan. 8, 2020, as she often did when she went to visit her daughter. Sheriff Pettway said those who face charges in Brookside and want to ensure justice can get a bond and appeal their case. Thats a 1,478% increase, with 1.7 tows for every household in town. I think it could be more.. 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. She insists like many others stopped by Brookside police that she did not run the stop sign at all. The curious case of the financial income of the town, on the outskirts of Birmingham, exploded into a scandal following a local news report on AL.com last week. Simon led an in-depth and months long investigation into whether officers in the Brookside Police Department participated in racial profiling. 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. People who had their vehicles towed and impounded by Jetts Towing after a traffic stop. I just know that the police departments not gonna be able to come back from this, she said. She is unsure if he called the man. Brookside officials this afternoon said in a statement that the Tahoe is registered in Jones name and does not belong to Brookside. Police must direct traffic before the 1 p.m. court session starts. 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. Even the claims of retaliation for social media posts are not unusual in Brookside. Disparities in the rate at which drivers were stopped do not appear to be significantly different from the rate in which drivers racial and ethnic groups populate 4 Jefferson County. Officer Deshawn Mark Cook, who worked in Brookside as recently as Thursday, was arrested Friday on charges of first degree rape stemming from 2021. The growth has come with trouble to match. Brookside police made 4.4 arrests in 2020 for every household. There's no greater way in which your rights can be infringed than by becoming prey to. 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. Another would bar police from using unmarked cars for traffic stops. Brookside Police Department. The complaint alleges numerous constitutional violations, and we believe the citizens need to be protected from illegal actions by the Town of Brookside.. Detective Johnson had called and asked that I come to the Brookside Police Department to talk to them. The citizens of this state and those traveling through this state should enjoy the opportunity to freely access our roadways, he said. Kimberlee Hudgens was a dispatcher at the Brookside Police Department at the time of Savelles Hoover arrest. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Harris lawyers contend she was taken to the Brookside jail, strip-searched, and told she could be jailed up to two days. 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. 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. Jones again as Mayor Bryan nodded said the goal of the department is only to help people. . He built the department from a one-man operation to a ticket-hungry department with 10 blacked-out vehicles, two drug-sniffing dogs and a riot control vehicle. Those charges include possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to state records. The town's median household income is less than $40,000, according to demographic data. Its more important now than ever before that law enforcement maintain high levels of professionalism and integrity, he said. This is the statement from the Town of Brookside: Mike Jones resigned as the Police Chief for the Town of Brookside. But my behavior was right. A Hoover officer wrote that Savelle had his Brookside badge and a gun in his pocket, though he initially lied about being armed when asked by officers.. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. John Archibald: Brookside is an extreme example of a type of policing that's going on all over this country. In a two-year period between 2018 and 2020 Brookside revenues from fines and forfeitures soared more than 640 percent and now make up half the citys total income. A department of nine officers in a 1,253-person town is far larger than average. Brookside has two drug-sniffing dogs one named K9 Cash to search the cars of stopped motorists. One of those visions: increasing officer pay to $18 per hour with better benefits in order . The town of Brookside, Alabama holds municipal court once a month. Police Trap, she posted in June of 2019. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Not all of them can afford to pay their fines as he did, and some have been put on payment plans. Advocates for justice reform, cops in other jurisdictions, even Jefferson Countys top law enforcement officials, have begun to question the towns tactics, and its need for an expanding force. In 2018, reporters for ABC 33/40 said they asked the former mayor of Brookside about Jones financial problems when he was hired. (Joe Songer for al.com).Joe Songer. Fifth, the town needs help in fighting drug trafficking. Her lawyers argue that the city uses obscure possible violations to justify stopping and searching passersby, hoping to add more offenses in a sort of highway lottery to fill the coffers. Please keep it more-or-less civil. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. He stated that I issued threats, incited a riot, and slandered the Brookside Police Department in my Facebook posts. 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.. Brookside is a poster child for policing for profit, said Carla Crowder, the director of Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice, a nonprofit devoted to justice and equity. Updated 5:15 p.m. May 2 to add Brookside response. And 99% of them are lying.. See also: Savelle among those sued by preacher who claimed Brookside revenge. He returned to his job as second in command with consent of the town council, Hudgens said. 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. Brooksides police chief resigned in January 2022 following accusations of aggressive policing. She has watched and documented stops there. 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. She complained directly to then-Brookside Police Chief Mike Jones. 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. They own the town.. 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. The courtroom and the parking lot are packed with people. Brookside is a poor town, 70% white, 21% Black, with a small but growing Hispanic population and a median income well below the state average. Brookside until recently was known for its quirky Russian food festival and the states only onion-domed Russian Orthodox Church. Before the hiring blitz, Brookside's one full-time officer and several part-timers patrolled the city and its stretch of Interstate 22, writing tickets worth about $82,467 in fines. They often say they had no idea why they were pulled over while passing near Brookside on Interstate 22. In the meantime, well continue to make good on our promises to reform policing in Brookside, said Mayor Bryan on Wednesday. He was also ticketed for improper signal, though he cant even fathom how that might have occurred. Find agency contact, demographics, type, population served and more. Former Brookside Police Chief Mike Jones was arrested May 2, 2022 in Covington County, Ala., charged with impersonating a police officer. Michelle Jones made an official complaint to the Alabama Attorneys Generals office three years ago, arguing that Brookside police stopped her out of jurisdiction, issued a bogus citation and threatened her with more charges after she criticized them on Facebook. "It's the wild, Wild West, and they created their own wild, Wild West.". The The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released an audit into Brookside in the Spring of 2022. The town also provided a set of police stats Jones presented to the Brookside council to push for more resources and authority. Two or three days later Brookside police stopped him again. The interim chief and Town leaders announced reforms within the police department in February 2022. County Office is not affiliated with any government agency. "There is no coming back from this. This is extortion., The 46-page complaint claims each of the named police officers, under former police chief Mike Jones, knew that they were violating the constitutional, statutory, and common law rights of the Classes pled herein, and did so to create more revenue for the Town of Brookside so that they, in turn, could enjoy the fruits of that revenue in the form of pay, benefits, equipment, and receipt of the profits from policing as described herein.. Brookside, Alabama - a poor town, 70% white, 21% black with a small but growing Hispanic population and a median income "well below the state average" has made national news because of the Brookside Police Department (BPD). Video above: Federal class action lawsuit filed against Town of Brookside, police officers Advertisement Sarathy Jones said the issues in Brookside should be a warning for towns and small cities to examine their revenue sources and ensure their local governments aren't turning to law enforcement as moneymaking arms. Yet the Brookside stories come at an alarming rate. He built the department from a one-man operation to a ticket-hungry department with 10 blacked-out vehicles, two drug-sniffing dogs and a riot control vehicle. (Joe Songer for AL.com).Joe Songer. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, and GOP Lt. Gov. 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. I think its one of those situations that could possibly bring in the feds with some oversight, he said. Jones was a Helena police officer and president of the city council in the Shelby County town until late 2018 when, as ABC 33/40s Cynthia Gould reported at the time, he stopped coming to meetings without explanation while his personal security business ran into trouble. Minnifield says he was a passenger in car stopped for driving with an improper tag, and that he was detained, among other things. Jones, accompanied by his lawyer, Corey Bryan of Andalusia, turned himself in at the Covington County Jail on Monday, Covington County Sheriff Blake Turman said. I just knew that I did not want to be part of a workplace that did such low-down things.. Most of the time people get stopped, theyre going to get a ticket. Do you understand what you are charged with? the judge asked on that first Thursday in December. Perez is Hispanic, and his passenger was a Brookside resident, also Hispanic, who didnt have her purse with her, Perez said. She paid the $160 ticket and began to make her case through emails to public officials, complaints, a television interview and elsewhere. And while sitting in court I heard that half the court was also stopped for the same thing.. A small jar that once may have held marijuana, And a small tray that might have been used to roll a joint, reported just 55 serious crimes to the state in the entire eight year period between 2011 and 2018, Pastor, sister say rogue Alabama police force sought revenge, This Alabama county fastens ankle monitors on hundreds who arent convicted of crimes, Life on an ankle monitor in Alabama: $10 a day and inevitable imperfections, Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. Vincent Witt and his sister, Tareya, Chief Jones tried to intimidate her in a social media message, Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal black hole, Pastor, sister say rogue Alabama police force sought revenge, This Alabama county fastens ankle monitors on hundreds who arent convicted of crimes, Life on an ankle monitor in Alabama: $10 a day and inevitable imperfections, Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. 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. And theyre saying they were nowhere near Brookside.. Another town hall is scheduled for Thursday at 6 pm at Birminghams Carver High School. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is the police department that serves the area, where Mike Hale is the sheriff. Careful examination of individual officer behavior is also important. The issue gained prominence in the wake of the 2014 fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, a Black teenager, in Ferguson, Missouri, when a report by a St. Louis-area public defender group found that Black drivers in Ferguson were more likely to be stopped by police and local courts were abusing their power by charging high fines and fees for nonviolent offenses, sometimes leading to arrests when they went unpaid. (Joe Songer for AL.com).Joe Songer. And it broke her heart, it broke my heart.. The Town of Brookside participates in the affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, it says. The complaint seeks to establish four classes of people who were stopped and extorted by the town of Brookside, Jetts Towing Co. or the officers. You know, weve had a lot of issues with Brookside.. All rights reserved (About Us). He waved it around the restaurant, in front of customers and staff. Savelle was 32 at the time of his Hoover arrest, and was shown to have previous arrests for public intoxication, DUI, public lewdness, as well as multiple drug charges, the Hoover report said. The interim chief and Town leaders announced reforms within the police department in February 2022. 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 Brookside Police Department is located on Municipal Drive, and the Chief of Police is Jason Springfield. Dawson also represents Victoria Brumlow, a young woman who like hundreds more was stopped on I-22 and ticketed for driving on the left lane of the interstate. Police Chief Mike Jones has since resigned, Lt. Gov. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit, originally filed on behalf of Cory Thomas, are Thomas; Tinetta Jackson; Keyarah Smith; Ben Blackwell; James Donahue; Gerald Smith; Brittany Todd; and Zachary Harris. Police must direct traffic before the 1 p.m. court session starts. It resulted in Brookside Police Chief Mike Jones resigning Tuesday on the same day Alabama Lt. Gov. Information found on CountyOffice.org is strictly for informational purposes and does not construe legal, financial or medical advice. Allan Armstrong, one of a group of lawyers who filed the complaint, said Brookside violated basic American rights. Type: Subscribe to our WBRC newsletter and receive the latest local news and weather straight to your email. "Ferguson made us realize it wasn't just Ferguson," said Priya Sarathy Jones, the national campaign director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center,which advocates for fees to be eliminated in the justice system and fines to be equitably enforced. 205-674-9275. The officer said he would take them both to jail because she didnt have her ID. In an email to her May 29, 2019, Mike Jones defended the stop, and the ability to ticket outside of Brookside. 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