City Of Mobile

The City of Mobile Mobile Police Department is a U.S. local government entity based in Mobile, Alabama, and registered with SAM.gov since May 2005. As a law enforcement agency, the Mobile Police Department provides public safety and crime prevention services to the city of Mobile, which has a population of approximately 186,542 residents. The department has established itself as a recipient of federal grant funding across multiple agencies, demonstrating its capacity to implement large-scale public safety initiatives and specialized law enforcement programs that address community needs.

The Mobile Police Department has received federal grant awards totaling multiple millions of dollars across diverse law enforcement and public safety initiatives. Most significantly, the department was awarded a $1.875 million COPS Hiring Program grant (CFDA 16.068) from the Department of Justice in October 2025, with a five-year performance period extending through September 2030, which supports the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to enhance community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Additionally, the department received a Bureau of Justice Assistance block grant in October 2023 for law enforcement equipment purchases designed to promote officer safety, reduce injury risk, and support public assistance, implemented through a memorandum of understanding with Mobile County. The department has also been awarded Port Security Grant Program funding from FEMA HQ Financial Assistance Awards on two occasions (August 2023 and September 2021), indicating its role in protecting critical infrastructure. Prior awards include a Bureau of Justice Assistance project grant from October 2021 supporting a Collaborative Crisis Response Training Program developed in partnership with Altapointe Health, Alabama's largest regional comprehensive community behavioral healthcare provider, which trained officers to respond to calls involving individuals with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, behavioral health disorders, and physical disabilities. The department further received a Pipeline Emergency Response Grant (PERG) from the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration in October 2025, focusing on training for response to pipeline incidents involving the transportation of gas or hazardous liquids in high consequence areas.