what was the name of Birmingham Alabama's Commissiner of Public Safety

Alabama's commissioner of safety during the Civil Rights movement was Eugen "Bull" Conor

Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, Chief, Assistant Chief, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant, Officer.

Eugene Connor, but he wasn't the police commissioner, he was the Commissioner of Public Safety; which included the police department as well as the fire department.

The last commissioner of public safety in Birmingham Alabama was "Bull" Connor. He was involved in the Civil rights struggle of the 1960's. As a result of his tactics, Birmingham changed its city government and shortly after elected it's first black mayor.