Arthur Baylor is currently an Instructor of Criminal Justice at Alabama State University. Before joining the faculty and staff at Alabama State University, President Obama nominated Arthur Baylor to head the U.S. Marshall for the Middle District of Alabama. He was nominated in April 2010 and was confirmed by the Senate in August 2010. Baylor retired from the U.S. Marshal in September 2015.

Prior to becoming Marshal, Baylor was the first black chief of police in the City of Montgomery from 2004 to 2010. Former Mayor Bobby Bright selected Baylor in 2004 out of 77 potential candidates to become Montgomery’s first black chief of police, filling the position vacated by John Wilson.

Baylor has served more than 35 years in law enforcement. As a lifelong Montgomery resident, Baylor was a 21-year veteran of the Montgomery Police Department when he retired as a major in 1998. He then became Judicial Security Coordinator for the Administrative Office of Courts.

Baylor received his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice in 1977 and a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice in 1990 from Troy State University and a Diploma from the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, Quantico, Virginia.