Crime & Safety

Mountain Brook Swears In New Police Chief

For the first time in more than a decade, Mountain Brook has a new police chief after Jaye Loggins was sworn in Monday night.

Chief Jaye Loggins was sworn in Monday night by the Mountain Brook City Council.
Chief Jaye Loggins was sworn in Monday night by the Mountain Brook City Council. (City of Mountain Brook)

MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL — The Mountain Brook City Council Monday night swore in the sixth police chief in the city's history, as former Deputy Chief Jaye Loggins officially became Chief of Police for the Mountain Brook PD.

Loggins was serving as Acting Chief of the Mountain Brook Police Department after the retirement of Chief Ted Cook in September.

Loggins has been employed with the Mountain Brook PD since 1996 and has served and supervised at every level of operation throughout the department; including promotion to executive management and oversight of the daily operations of the Agency at the ranks of Captain and most recently, Deputy Chief.

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Loggins graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in Justice Science in 2001. Loggins will also receive his Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from Jacksonville State University in 2022. He is a recipient of the FBI LEEDA (Law Enforcement Executive Development Academy) Trilogy Award and is a graduate of FBI L.E.E.D.S. and has also completed the APSLA (Alabama Public Safety Leadership Academy) and MPACT (The Managers Preparing to Accomplish Change Today) programs.

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