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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 Mississippi Department of Public Safety is an administrative department of the Government of Mississippi, headquartered in Jackson.It is responsible for the state Highway Patrol and commercial vehicle enforcement; specialized investigations and controlled drugs and substances enforcement; issuing driver's licenses and firearms permits; and the state Capitol Police.
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 ...
The police department in a majority-Black town in Mississippi has consistently violated the rights of residents with illegal arrests, as well as by retaliating against department critics ...
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.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Married couple LaQuenza Morgan and Lauren Rhoades say police officers conduct roadblocks every few months in The post Mississippi police roadblocks violate rights, lawsuit ...
The department was accredited for the first time by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission in 2016. [6] At that time, JPD was the largest of 27 police departments accredited in Mississippi. [6] In 2020, JPD opened a Real-Time Crime Center, where officers could access 600 public and private surveillance cameras in the city. [7]
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