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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]
The city of Cleveland is served and protected by the Cleveland Police Department and is located on South Sharpe Avenue. Currently, 45 people are employed by the department. Of the 45, 39 are sworn police officers and six civilians serve in a support role. Sworn officers average out to one officer per 357 citizens. [21]
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]
In the aftermath of the 2014 Killing of Tamir Rice, [1] the 2015 United States Department of Justice consent decree showed a Cleveland Division of Police pattern of excessive use of force, [2] established the Community Police Commission, [1] and required a community policing model [3] department wide rather than a designated unit. [4]
In 1997, the Department of Education reported that law enforcement officers were present in 10 percent of public schools at least once per week. By 2014, 30 percent of public schools had school resource officers, or SROs, the most common type of law enforcement on campuses.
Sanders served as chief of police for the Mississippi Valley State University Police Department and was an officer with the Shaw Police Department. He was also an internal affairs investigator for the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He later served as sergeant-at-arms for the Mississippi State Senate from 2000 to 2004.
Jackson Police Department (Mississippi) This page was last edited on 20 September 2013, at 11:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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