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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]
Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,049 at the 2010 census. The population was 2,049 at the 2010 census. The town's name is derived from the Choctaw phrase iti bina , meaning "forest camp". [ 3 ]
Itta Bena Historic District: September 30, 2009 : Roughly bounded by Cemetery St. to the north, Lake Shore Dr. to the east, Lake Side St. to the south, and Dewey St. to the west: Itta Bena: 18: Keesler Bridge: Keesler Bridge
Federal investigators say police in Lexington, Mississippi, used illegal searches, excessive force, and kept residents in jail when they couldn't pay off old fines.
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 ...
Leflore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,339. [1] The county seat is Greenwood. [2] The county is named for Choctaw leader Greenwood LeFlore, who signed a treaty to cede his people's land to the United States in exchange for land in Indian Territory.
Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, United States, [4] located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta region, approximately 96 miles north of the state capital, Jackson, and 130 miles south of the riverport of Memphis, Tennessee. It was a center of cotton planter culture in the 19th century.
The last of six former law enforcement officers who tortured two Black men outside Mississippi’s capital has been sentenced. Former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield was given an ...