🌱 Brookside PD Complaints Continue + Pell City Shooting

Good day, neighbors! Michael Seale here with your Monday issue of the Trussville Daily. I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I am going to get you all caught up on what's happening in and around Trussville today. First, let's get into the continuing saga surrounding the Brookside Police Department. More complaints about "policing for profit" have come in accusing the department of shady police practices. Read more about it below.

Here are some of the top stories in Trussville today:

1. As I was saying above, lawsuits have started to roll down on the Brookside PD, and one of them actually calls for fines to be repaid to drivers. (AL.com)
2. Two men have been arrested in connection with a shooting in Pell City Thursday, which left the victim with an injured leg. (Trussville Patch)
3. A 71-year-old Center Point woman died four days after being involved in a crash on 20th Avenue Northeast at 2nd Street Northeast in Center Point. (Trussville Tribune)
4. A Lincoln man is the final of six defendants convicted in a drug trafficking case from the summer of 2021. (Alabama Patch)
5. This should be fun. The WWE Friday Night SmackDown event is coming to Birmingham's Legacy Arena in March. (WBRC)

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From my notebook:

• ACTA Theater-Trussville's Community theater presents “The Enchanted Bookshop” alongside the Trussville Public Library. Auditions will be held on February 28, March 1. and March 2 at 7 p.m. at the Green Room (Heritage Hall). (Facebook)
• One of the most impactful ways to support Children’s of Alabama each year is through the purchase of a specialty car tag. (Instagram)
• There's still time to grab your spot at the Trussville Public Library tomorrow evening for a magical evening with New York Times Bestselling Author and Podcast Host, Patti Callahan, (Facebook)

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— Michael Seale

About me: I am a lifelong Alabama resident with more than two decades of media under my belt. I have worked for a daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, a monthly magazine, a television station and a couple of radio stations. I also tried my hand at marketing for a little while. But I love writing news. This opportunity to bring Patch to Birmingham is a chance for my hometown to benefit from a new - and better - way to read and receive news.