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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 ]
Mississippi Prisons — green=state-operated, red==private (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link) The Mississippi Department of Corrections ( MDOC) is a state agency of Mississippi that operates prisons. It has its headquarters in Jackson. [1] As of 2020 Burl Cain is the commissioner.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is the highway patrol and acting state police agency for the U.S. state of Mississippi, and has law enforcement jurisdiction over the majority of the state. The Mississippi Highway Patrol specializes in the patrol of state and federal highways throughout the state of Mississippi, and was formed in 1938 to enforce ...
When Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson told a crowd of people at Neshoba County Fair on Aug. 1 that it might be a good idea for an assistant attorney general to work in his office on ...
June 24, 2024 at 6:26 PM. Mississippi authorities shared with reporters Monday the state's collaborative efforts in the Louisiana abduction case that ended with one 4-year-old girl found dead in ...
Law enforcement officials have surged local, state and federal resources to Mississippi’s capital city for a new operation aimed at curbing violent crime, drug trafficking and other offenses ...
As of 2020, more than 900,000 sworn law enforcement officers have been serving in the United States. About 137,000 of those officers work for federal law enforcement agencies. [1] Law enforcement operates primarily through governmental police agencies. There are 17,985 police agencies in the United States which include local police departments ...
April 10, 2024 at 10:21 AM. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Already sentenced to federal prison, the first of six former Mississippi law enforcement officers has been sentenced on state charges for his ...