'We’re going to provide ... public safety to all that are in Hoover,” Police Chief Clay Morris said.
, Hoover officials say they want everyone to feel safe in their city, no matter where they’re from.State of the City Address“When people come here, regardless of who it is, 100% we’re gonna keep everybody in our community safe.
”“If a crime is committed, we’re gonna do everything we can to make sure that that crime is solved regardless of who you are, where you’re from, we don’t care about that,” Derzis said.Morris said he hopes anyone who is a victim of a crime will report it, no matter their immigration status. “We don’t need nameless victims because of where they come from, right? So we’re going to provide, as the mayor said, public safety to all that are in Hoover,” Morris said.“We have more pressing issues in Hoover that affect our crime rate than immigration status right now,” Morris said. “We have an obligation, by state statute, to check their status. We don’t have a choice, that is, if they are arrested and taken to jail. It is not our practice to start checking immigration status when we’re trying to help a victim of a crime.” Alaina Bookman is a reporter covering solutions that make Birmingham better with a focus on community development. She joined AL.com in 2023 as a Report for America corps member and violence prevention reporter...
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