Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Social Media Terms of Use

Thank you for your interest in the Morgan County Sheriff's Office's social media platforms. The purpose of our social media is to permit authorized employees of the Morgan County Sheriff's Office to provide the public with information concerning public safety, news, events, activities, stories, photographs, and videos, and to disseminate other information and material intended to increase public awareness of Sheriff's Office activities.

IMPORTANT: Our social media is NOT MONITORED 24 hours a day, so you SHOULD NOT use any of our platforms to report any crime. IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY, PLEASE CALL 911. For all non-emergency assistance, please call central dispatch at 256-350-4613. Tips are always appreciated, however keep the aforementioned statement in mind when submitting tips through messages.

Morgan County Sheriff's Office asserts that the opinions expressed by visitors to the page(s) do not reflect the opinions of the Morgan County Sheriff's Office. Any content posted or submitted for posting is subject to public disclosure, and the fact that the Morgan County Sheriff's Office's social media comments are set to the most restrictive setting allowed by each platform.

The media scours public records and jail rosters to locate felony arrests. The Morgan County Sheriff's Office lists these arrest on our Inmate Roster as a direct outlet to the media and the public alike. The Office typically respects the law more than is required by Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 3.6 which allows for the release of

• the identity, residence, occupation and family status of the accused;
• if the accused has not been apprehended, information necessary to aid in apprehension of that person;
• the fact, time and place of arrest; and
  the identity of investigating and arresting officers or agencies and the length of the investigation.

The Morgan County Sheriff's Office will also include a statement of the accused person(s) presumption of innocence until proven guilty.

The Morgan County Sheriff's Office will comply with the rules regarding the release of identifying information for 16 and 17 year old offenders prior to a conviction.

No Representative of the Morgan County Sheriff's Office will elaborate further than the basic facts presented about an arrestee. The Morgan County Sheriff's Office strives to be in compliance with the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct Rules 3.6 and 3.8 Trial Publicity.

Bond amounts for arrestees: The Alabama Bond Schedules is used by the courts and was passed by the Alabama State Legislature. Aggravating factors may elevate bonds. Aggravating factors are those that pose a risk to the public or flight risk of the accused. Bonds are not set to punish the arrestee pretrial.

Bonds are provided for by the US Constitution and Federal and State Law. They are not meant to be punitive as punishment for a crime is designed to follow a conviction.