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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]
Perry County is part of the Hattiesburg, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. Until 1906, the county seat was the old town of Augusta, near the center of the county on the east bank of the Leaf River. At Old Augusta, the outlaw James Copeland was executed by hanging on October 30, 1857. [3] Old Augusta remains a small village today.
New Augusta is a town in Perry County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 554 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Perry County. [2] New Augusta is located about two miles south of "Old" Augusta, which was the county seat until 1906.
As Tropical Storm Debby made its way through the Augusta area Tuesday, the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, Augusta Fire Department and EMS had their hands full, responding to nearly 300 ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
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.
Buck Creek Road to Old Augusta Road - McSwain, Richton 35.4: 57.0: Old River Road - Hattiesburg: Runnelstown: 46.1: 74.2: MS 42 – Hattiesburg, Richton: Jones 65.0: 104.6: MS 590 west to I-59 – Seminary: Eastern terminus of MS 590: Ellisville: 66.5: 107.0: US 11 – Laurel, Hattiesburg MS 588 begins: Eastern terminus of MS 588; south end of ...
In the 1850s, Augusta was the site for the trial and hanging of the outlaw James Copeland. [8] In the 1890s, Davis Hawthorne was hanged in Augusta for the murder of his wife. [2] When the Mobile, Jackson, and Kansas City Railroad [9] was constructed 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Augusta, the town was moved to the railroad and developed as New Augusta.