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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]
The Mississippi Highway Patrol falls under the Department of Public Safety. The Colonel is the highest-ranking officer in the Highway Patrol. Numerous departments exist within the patrol, including the Drivers License division, which is charged with the responsibility of testing and issuing drivers licenses to the residents of Mississippi.
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 ]
A spokesperson for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety is refuting claims by a Jackson woman that a security guard at the JXN Water office building pulled a gun on her and her family.
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Capitol Police, has offered little information about what led an officer to open fire at Commonwealth Village apartments. The state ...
A new Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people to obtain permission from state law enforcement officials for any protest near the statehouse, Governor's Mansion or other state ...
Sean Jeffrey Tindell (born October 5, 1973) is an American lawyer serving as Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner appointed by Governor Tate Reeves.He was formerly a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals and a member of the Mississippi State Senate representing District 49 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, covering parts of Biloxi and Gulfport.
The NAACP sued Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves after he signed legislation that allows state authorities to exert more control over law enforcement in Jackson, including by expanding the Capitol ...