About President Bill Carson
William B. Carson,
Sergeant
Jefferson County Sheriffs Office
2200 8th Avenue North
Birmingham, Al
35203
Criminal Division Investigations
301 Foust Court
Birmingham, Al 35214
Phone: 205-791-6233
Fax: 205-791-6235
E-mail:
carsonw@jccal.org
Sergeant William B. Carson has been with the
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department since
1975 and is presently assigned to the Criminal Division as a Detective and the
present assignment is to property crimes. He holds a
BS in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a
Juris Doctor from the Birmingham School of Law. He began his career in Law
Enforcement in 1975 as a patrol officer. He was assigned to the United Narcotics
Detail Operation (UNDO) in 1979 and held the position as a special/undercover
narcotics investigator in six Alabama Counties around and including Jefferson
County until 1984. In 1984 to late 1985, he was assigned back to the Jefferson
County Narcotics Division and worked in the diversion detail and was responsible
for checking 104 Drug
Stores in Jefferson County. From late 1985 until January 1995, he worked in the
Patrol Division as a patrol officer and was re-assigned to the Criminal Division
as a general case Detective. Since being with the Sheriffs Department, he has
worked numerous high profile cases that have included homicides, chop shop
investigations, drug trafficking, fraud, and identity theft cases. He has been
an active member of The International Association of Auto Theft Investigators
(IAATI) for 10 years. He has received numerous commendations and is only one of
two men to receive the Metal of Merit with the Sheriffs Department. He is a past
Vice President of the Property Crime and Recovery Investigators of Alabama
(PCRIA), for four years. He is currently the President of PCRIA.