State of Alabama employees and certain constitutional officers, and this includes State police and State troopers, sheriffs and deputies CANNOT be sued (or held legally liable in court) for their acts of negligence that cause personal injury or property damage. This is a FACT. And it is based on a provision of the Alabama Constitution.

The only avenue for relief/compensation is the State Board of Adjustment.

One possibility for state court liabilty would be arguing that the deputy was not performing a discretionary function by running a red light. That could be one exception. Probably still won't work because the deputy is considered an extension of the sheriff who is a State constitutional officer.

County and municipal employees CAN be held liable in state court for their acts of negligence that cause injury or property damage. But the liability of the county or municipality is capped at $100,000.

The Supreme Court of Alabama has ruled that the $100,000 cap on the city or county government does not apply to the individual employee, based on the wording of the statutes on that subject.

At Common Law, cities and counties had sovereign immunity from civil liability.

What??????? Officers I've worked with and the city have been sued, a few times successfully, that I find it hard to give ANY credence to your post. It goes against everything I've been taught in A LOT of schooling and everything I've been told by lawyers and everything I've witnessed first hand. Police officers and cities in Alabama get sued all the time, sometimes successfully, for negligence.