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     Keith Smith was Chief of the Scottsboro Police Department from 1980-2006. Chief Smith was hired as an officer in 1971 and was later promoted to an investigator. His perseverance and work ethics led him up the ranks to Administrative Assistant. In 1980, he was appointed to acting Chief and was later given the permanent position of Chief of police.

     Chief Smith has earned degrees in police science and business at Northeast State Community College. Chief Smith is a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. and belongs to the FBI Academy Association. He is also a member of the fraternal Order of Police and the Alabama Chiefs Organization.

     Chief Keith Smith

     Chief Smith started his career in law enforcement when he joined the United States Army in 1966 and was assigned to the military police. He served one year in Vietnam and was honorably discharged in 1969. When he returned to Scottsboro, he joined the Scottsboro Police Department in 1971.

     Chief Smith is continuously upgrading the Scottsboro Police Department with the latest technologies and methods of crime prevention. He attends several conventions each year in effort to keep up to date with new ideas and methods of police work.


Dan Deason, Mayor

City Council:
  Keith Smith, President
  Matthew Hodges, President Pro tem
  Terry Thomas
  Buddy Simmons
  Josephine Smith
  Gail Duffey, City Clerk

Scottsboro City Hall
316 South Broad Street
Scottsboro, AL  35768
256-574-3100

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