West Alabama Police Officer Charged After Disturbance at Tuscaloosa Morgan Wallen Concert

A police sergeant serving at multiple West Alabama departments was arrested last month after he reportedly caused a disturbance and berated local officers at the Morgan Wallen concert in Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

According to court records filed after the arrest, Northport and University of Alabama Police officers were working details during the concert, the first such event inside the stadium in decades.

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Three such officers were alerted to a man who was stumbling into other people in front of and behind him at the show.

They moved to the area and reportedly found Cody McCullar, a 33-year-old Hamilton man, who they took out of the seating area and near the concession stands to interview.

McCullar reportedly struggled to walk as they found space to talk, where he identified himself as a law enforcement officer and claimed to be fine. Investigators said in a deposition that his eyes were bloodshot and alcohol was on his breath.

Someone who was with McCullar spoke to officers and offered to take him home, but he then allegedly began to act aggressively, cursing at officers and causing a disturbance.

The local police said they tried to calm him down and asked if he would tolerate one of his own officers being spoken to that way, but McCullar continued to curse and "began walking aggressively toward officers," who "went hands-on" as he actively resisted them.

Police were able to restrain and cuff McCullar, who was taken to a secure room to await transport to the Tuscaloosa County Jail.

"Once inside the room, McCullar became emotional, apologized for his behavior and said he would leave," they wrote.

It was too late for that, though, and McCullar was charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors, and briefly jailed on a $600 bond.

WBRC FOX 6 reports that McCullar has resigned from the Hamilton Police Department after he was placed on leave, but court documents suggest he may still be working as an officer in Phil Campbell and Hackleburg.

The chief of police in Phil Campbell, Jessica Clements, wrote a letter asking that McCullar still be allowed to work shifts for her department. So did Kenny Hallmark, the chief of police in Hackleburg, Alabama.

Attorneys for McCullar have filed a motion on his behalf asking for District Judge James Gentry to allow him to continue to possess a firearm while he is on duty as a law enforcement officer, though as of Tuesday afternoon, the judge had not rendered an order to that effect.

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