Veteran FBI Agent Named Deputy Chief of Investigations at Birmingham Police Department

A retired Birmingham FBI supervisor has been named as a top ranking official at the Birmingham Police Department. (Adobe Stock)
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By Carol Robinson | crobinson@al.com

Retired FBI agent Jeffrey Brown was named deputy chief of investigative operations at the Birmingham Police Department. (Contributed)

A retired Birmingham FBI supervisor has been named as a top ranking official at the Birmingham Police Department.

Mayor Randall Woodfin on Monday appointed Jeffrey Brown as deputy chief of investigative operations.

Woodfin last week announced Assistant Police Chief La’Quaylin Parhm Mack and Deputy Chief Shelia Frazier-Finney would no longer serve in those roles.

Parhm Mack was named assistant chief in 2021 under former Chief Patrick Smith. She was only the second assistant chief in the department’s history, a position created in 2019.

It does not appear authorities plan to hire anyone else to fill that role. Parhm Mack will return to her previous rank of lieutenant if she stays with the department.

Frazier-Finney, a 27-year veteran, retired from the department.

As part of the reorganization, Woodfin promoted Lt. Rodarius Mauldin, who was Parhm Mack’s assistant, to deputy chief of as the new deputy chief of administration, a position previously handled by the assistant chief.

Brown, who replaces Frazier-Finney, was a 22-year veteran of the FBI and retired as assistant special in charge. He will join BPD later this month.

Brown served in multiple roles during his FBI career, including unit chief in the Counterterrorism Division in Washington, D.C., and violent crimes task force coordinator in Michigan. He led interagency teams conducting critical threat missions overseas during the global war on terrorism.

Prior to his FBI tenure, Brown served as a deputy sheriff, police officer and detective in Michigan and Arizona.

While serving the FBI in Birmingham, Brown led the criminal and administrative branch of the field office, which included special agents, intelligence analysts, professional support staff, and task force officers.

He is the recipient of several commendations and two United States Attorney awards for leading criminal investigations.

Brown will join Chief of Police Scott Thurmond, Deputy Chief of Special Operations Michael Pickett, Deputy Chief of Patrol Operations Onree Pruitt, and Mauldin.

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