Spanish Fort Police Parters With ALEA to Fight Internet Crimes Against Children
By: Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
November 6, 2025
SPANISH FORT, Ala. A new law enforcement partnership on the Eastern Shore is aimed at fighting child exploitation online.
A rise of online predators has prompted Spanish Fort Police Chief John Barber to team up with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to fight the rise of these crimes against children.
“We see all too often on the news where people are arrested trying to exploit our children, and so by teaming up with ALEA, we can address these crimes in our community,” Barber said Monday night at a regular city council meeting.
Barber said the partnership will provide his officers with resources they wouldn’t usually have access to.
Chief Barber said that ALEA can provide more resources and agents with online expertise.
The council unanimously approved a measure allowing Barber to enter into a memorandum of agreement with ALEA. The special multi-agency group will be known as the Alabama Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
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