An Alabama grand jury has recommended that the Hanceville Police Department be "immediately abolished," prosecutors said Wednesday.

A grand jury recommended abolishing a small Alabama police department because of a “rampant culture of corruption” after charging five officers with a variety of crimes, officials announced Wednesday.

There is a rampant culture of corruption in the Hanceville Police Department, which has recently operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency.”

The Hanceville police chief and four of his officers are accused of mishandling or removing materials from the department's evidence room.

A small Alabama city has been roiled by accusations that the local police department has a “rampant culture of corruption.”

A small Alabama city has placed its entire police force on administrative leave a day after a grand jury recommended the department be abolished.

A federal grand jury has recommended a rural Alabama police department be abolished as it indicted five of its officers with federal and misdemeanor charges.

An Alabama grand jury has recommended that a city's police department be "immediately abolished," finding there is a "rampant culture of corruption," officials said Wednesday while announcing the ...

Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker announced Wednesday that five Hanceville police officers were indicted on corruption and drug charges.

The mayor of Hanceville, Alabama has placed its entire police department on administrative leave, after a grand jury, said the department was “an ongoing threat to public safety.”

An Alabama grand jury called for the immediate abolishment of a local police department after five officers were indicted on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, officials said Wednesday.