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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]
Covington County: 031: Collins: CV: 1819: Formed from Lawrence and Wayne Counties: Leonard Covington (1768–1813), U.S. House Representative and War of 1812 brigadier general 18,059: 414.9 sq mi (1,075 km 2) DeSoto County: 033: Hernando: DS: 1836: Formed from Monroe and Washington Counties: Hernando de Soto (c. 1497–1542), Spanish explorer ...
U.S. Highway 49; U.S. Highway 84; Covington County is crossed both north-to-south and east-to-west by four-laned state highways. Highway 49, which runs north–south through all three municipalities and is commonly known as Mississippi's Main Street, connects the state's three largest cities—Jackson, Gulfport, and Hattiesburg—to Covington County as well as cities such as Wiggins, Magee ...
The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County after several of its deputies – including some who were in a ...
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office says it will conduct a review and analysis after a report Wednesday from The New York Times and Mississippi Today detailed messages in an encrypted WhatsApp ...
With criminal sentencing for six former law officers scheduled for January and a $400 million lawsuit against them and the sheriff pending, the Rankin County Sheriff's Department unveiled a new ...
Collins is located near the center of Covington County, along the southwest side of Okatoma Creek, a tributary of the Bowie River and part of the Pascagoula River watershed. According to the United States Census Bureau , Collins has a total area of 8.0 square miles (20.7 km 2 ), of which 8.0 square miles (20.6 km 2 ) is land and 0.04 square ...
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in Mississippi after several of its former officers known as the "Goon Squad" were ...