Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-15-6 - Appointment or Employment of Assistant Attorneys General, Investigators, and Other Employees.

(a) Subject to the Merit System, the Attorney General may appoint as many assistant attorneys general and other employees as the public interest requires by reason of the volume of work in his or her office.
(b) Subject to the Merit System, the Attorney General may employ as many investigators in his or her office as may be necessary to perform investigatory functions for the office.
(c) Investigators appointed pursuant to this section shall have all the powers vested in deputy sheriffs and all other law enforcement officers of the State of Alabama, including, but not limited to, the powers of arrest and the power to serve any and all process, and shall perform the duties, responsibilities, and functions as may be designated by the Attorney General.
(d) No person shall serve as an investigator who has not met the minimum standards established for law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission or other standards as may be hereafter provided by law. Investigators appointed pursuant to this section shall meet other additional standards as the Attorney General may adopt.
(e) All investigators appointed pursuant to this section shall be entitled to all benefits provided employees of the Alabama Department of Public Safety, including, but not limited to, participation in any retirement plan afforded state troopers.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.

Chapter 15 - Attorney General.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 36-15-1 - Duties Generally.

Section 36-15-1.1 - Retention of Powers.

Section 36-15-3 - Salary.

Section 36-15-4.1 - Grants, Other Sources of Funds.

Section 36-15-4.2 - Attorney General's Litigation Support Fund.

Section 36-15-5.1 - Deputy Attorneys General.

Section 36-15-5.2 - Chief Deputy Attorney General.

Section 36-15-6 - Appointment or Employment of Assistant Attorneys General, Investigators, and Other Employees.

Section 36-15-9 - Private Practice by Assistant or Full-Time Deputy Attorneys General Prohibited.

Section 36-15-10 - Executive Assistants to Attorney General.

Section 36-15-10.1 - Special Administrative Assistants.

Section 36-15-11.1 - Paralegal Employees for Attorney General.

Section 36-15-12 - Institution and Prosecution of Legal Proceedings in Name of State.

Section 36-15-13 - Attorney General May Appear Before Grand Juries.

Section 36-15-14 - Attorney General May Direct Prosecution in Criminal Cases.

Section 36-15-15 - Attorney General May Advise or Direct District Attorney.

Section 36-15-16 - Payment of Necessary Expenses.

Section 36-15-17 - Assistants to Act in Absence of Attorney General and Chief Deputy.

Section 36-15-19 - Written Opinion of Attorney General Protects Officer, Governing Body, Etc.

Section 36-15-21 - Litigation Affecting State Under Direction and Control of Attorney General; Employment of Certain Assistant Attorneys General.

Section 36-15-21.1 - Notification of Actions Against State Entities; Maintenance of Information.

Section 36-15-22 - Attorney General to Designate Certain Merit System Positions.