Community involvement + good detective work= crime solved

Last week MCSO deputies arrested two adults and one juvenile for Robbery 1st.  The suspects were arrested within an hour of the robbery.  The case was solved so quickly because of a concerned citizen who saw two of the suspects running away and was able to give us a...

Sheriff Sam Cochran enforces ban on synthetic marijuana

On Friday, October 14, 2011, Governor Bentley signed an executive order allowing law enforcement agencies to seize synthetic marijuana commonly known as “spice” and “K2.”  Our Deputies began immediately acting on that order and seizing hundreds...

Sheriff Sam Cochran launches Yellow Dot Program

The YELLOW DOT PROGRAM is the first program of its kind in the state of Alabama.  It is designed to assist citizens and first responders in the event of an automobile accident or other medical emergency involving the participant’s vehicle.  The program can help...

Drive time with the Sheriff on 106.5

Tomorrow, August 17, 2011 I will be on 106.5 at 7:35 am.  Tune in and listen to the latest “happenings” at the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.  I will look forward to taking your calls and answering questions.

Metal Database

We began tracking metals at the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office with our own database that was created in 2008.  In fact, it was the success of our metal database that we began our Meth database that allows us to track the pill shoppers.   The difference in...