By Emily Williams
Mountain Brook Police Chief Ted Cook has been elected president of the Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police.
Cook was elected to hold the position at the organization’s summer confer- ence in Orange Beach on Aug. 3.
AACOP is made up of police chiefs and law enforcement professionals from 350 city, state and federal agencies in the state.
According to Cook, he has been active in AACOP throughout his career as a chief. He added that, since his election to the executive board as a sergeant at arms in 2014, he has held every leadership position except chaplain. Cook served as an AACOP district representative from 2009 to 2014.
Cook is native of Birmingham, having graduated from Homewood High School in 1979. He then graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s in criminal justice and obtained his juris doctorate from the Birmingham School of Law. He has been a member of the Alabama State Bar since 1995.
He began his career with the Birmingham Police Department, entering the training academy in 1985. Over more than 20 years, he served as an officer, sergeant and lieutenant.
Cook joined MBPD as chief in March 2011 after serving as chief of police for Leeds.
In addition to AACOP, Cook is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; the Police Chiefs Association of Jefferson County, of which he was president in 2009; and the U. S. Attorney’s Office Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee.
In Mountain Brook, Cook has volunteered with the city’s anti-drug coali- tion, All In Mountain Brook, since 2014. ❖
