Special Agent George Douglas Althouse

My name is Mike Golson. Doug and I worked together out of the Birmingham Field Division of ATF and the Birmingham Resident Agent in Charge field office of the DEA. Doug and I use to partner up on cases that involved armed narcotics traffickers. In 1992 crack was the drug of choice in many instances. Dough would take the narcotics stairs and I would take the 18 USC 924 (c) cases where a person was found to be in possession of a firearm while drug trafficking. Doug was a cool guy to work with and he was a go-getter. He had aspirations of joining the Snow Cap operations in Columbia. He was my friend and I had his back on many search warrant operations and he had mine. I was one of many agents, police, and State Troopers who searched for his killer on the same night of the incident. Doug was the first agent that was killed in action that I had worked with closely. Doug’s death impacted me greatly and I still hold him in a respectful high regard as a law enforcement professional. His death still comes to mind 33 years later. He was a great DEA agent and a good man period.

Retired Acting SAC and ASAC ATF Dallas
ATF Birmingham Field Office

May 22, 2024