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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Mississippi.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 342 law enforcement agencies employing 7,707 sworn police officers, about 262 for each 100,000 residents. [1]
Perry County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. Until 1906, the county seat was the old town of Augusta, near the center of the county on the east bank of the Leaf River. At Old Augusta, the outlaw James Copeland was executed by hanging on October 30, 1857. [3] Old Augusta remains a small village today.
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Riley did not immediately respond to a phone message Thursday. A Lexington, Miss., police cruiser is parked outside their facility near the town square, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V ...
The announcement comes amid a Justice Department probe into alleged civil rights violations by police in Lexington, Mississippi. The ongoing investigation, which began in November, is focused on ...
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... DOJ Finds Mississippi Police Department Violates Rights Of Black Residents ... The DOJ also found that officers arrested a man for driving without a license ...
The position of "Commissioner of Public Safety" was first created in 1938, with the establishment of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. [4]The Department expanded in the early 1970s, when the Bureau of Narcotics was established in 1971 to conduct specialized enforcement and carry out investigations into the abuse, trafficking, manufacturing, and mishandling of controlled substances. [5]
They are among several plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming the Jackson police department is violating people’s constitutional rights by using roadblocks in majority-Black and low-income ...