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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 Highway Patrol. 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 ...
September 26, 2024 at 4:18 PM. Rogelio V. Solis/AP. Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice ...
Phillip Jackson. September 26, 2024 at 7:15 PM. The police department in a majority-Black town in Mississippi has consistently violated the rights of residents with illegal arrests, as well as by ...
Rankin County torture incident. On January 24, 2023, six white law enforcement officers, five from the Rankin County Sheriff's Office and one from the Richland Police Department, tortured two black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, at a home in Braxton, Mississippi. Police were called to the home by a white neighbor who reported that ...
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]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department following a racist attack on two Black men by white officers. The investigation ...
Approx. 1 400 (2021) [1] Annual budget. Approx. $147 000 000 [2] Department executive. Sean Tindell [3], Commissioner. Website. www.dps.ms.gov. 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 ...