Meet Patrick

 Major (Retired) Patrick “Pat” Bishop grew up in the Kingston area of Birmingham Alabama. He enlisted in the United States Army after graduating from Ramsay High School in 1990. MAJ(R) Bishop is a 1997 graduate of the Birmingham Police Academy. He was commissioned in 2004 through the Army’s Direct Commissioning Program. He is a recent graduate of the Birmingham School of Law.

Pat also completed training as a Mediator for the State of Alabama and uses it to help U.S. Veterans.

Pat’s military career spans over 26 years with multiple deployments. His final assignment was as Command Public Affairs Officer and Antiterrorism Officer for the 412th Theater Engineer Command (Vicksburg, MS).  He holds an Associate Applied Science (Law Enforcement) from Jefferson State Community College, Bachelor of Science (Criminal Justice) from Columbia Southern University, Master of Arts (Criminal Justice) from Columbia Southern University, and an MBA-Public Administration (Public Information) from Columbia Southern University. He is an associate minister at Trinity Baptist Church of Birmingham. MAJ(R) Bishop also worked an officer with the Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole from 2016-2019. MAJ (R) Bishop recently served as a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Chaplain Deputy under Sheriff Mark Pettway. He has worked for the Cullman County Sheriff’s Department since 2021.

 He has recently announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor for Alabama for the 2026 election.

He has been married to his wife Angela (Birmingham Police Department) for 26 years. 

He is a member of Tau Sigma Chapter (Birmingham Sigmas) of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated, Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity (Birmingham School of Law), Geometry Lodge #410, Military Officer Association of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars (Cullman County), Fraternal Order of Police (Cullman County Sheriff’s Office), and National Honor Society (Columbia Southern University).