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— The Mississippi Capitol Police, which has shot four people since it began patrolling parts of Jackson last summer, will adopt an updated use-of-force policy soon that better reflects modern ...
Come July 1, the Capitol Police, a state-run unit of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, will have primary jurisdiction as far north as Northside Drive and as far south as Raymond Road.
The Mississippi Capitol Police would be able to patrol the entire city of Jackson under a bill that passed the state Legislature this week. The Mississippi Capitol Police would be able to patrol ...
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.
In response, the state legislature in 2023 expanded the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Capitol Police into an 8.7-square-mile (23 km 2) area in Jackson called the Capitol Complex Improvement Zone, an area with a larger white population than the rest of the city. [8]
March 5, 1986 [1] The Mississippi State Capitol or the “New Capitol,” has been the seat of the state’s government since it succeeded the old statehouse in 1903. Located in Jackson, it was designated as a Mississippi Landmark in 1986, a National Historic Landmark in 2016 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
A Mississippi mother was shot in the head after police opened fire during a car chase. Jon Schuppe and Bracey Harris. Updated December 22, 2023 at 3:12 PM. JACKSON, Miss. — The last thing ...
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]