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List of law enforcement agencies in Mississippi

Summary

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] Per the state constitution, all "civil officers" of the state, including those in the legislative and judicial branches, can exercise the power of arrest, though this is rarely exercised by said officials.[2]

Multi-County agencies edit

  • Metro Narcotics Unit (Oxford and Layfette Counties and the University of Mississippi)[3]

State agencies edit

  • Mississippi Attorney General's Office
  • Mississippi Bureau of Investigation[4]
  • Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
  • Mississippi Capitol Police
  • Mississippi Department of Corrections
  • Mississippi Department of Revenue
    • Criminal Investigations Division
    • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
    • Law Enforcement Division[4]
  • Mississippi Highway Patrol
  • Mississippi Department of Transportation Office of Law Enforcement
  • Mississippi Reservoir Police [citation needed]
  • Mississippi Gaming Commission [citation needed]
  • Mississippi Agricultural & Livestock Theft Bureau [citation needed]
  • Mississippi Department of Human Services | Office of Inspector General | Bureau of Investigation

School district agencies edit

  • North Bolivar Consolidated Schools School Safety[5]
  • Hazlehurst City School District Safety and Security Department[6]
  • Hattiesburg Public Schools Police Department[7]
  • Petal School Police Department[8]
  • Biloxi School District Police Department[9]
  • Jackson Public Schools Campus Enforcement Department[10]
  • Ocean Springs School District Police Department[11]
  • Meridian Public School District Police Department[12]
  • North Panola School District Bullying/School Safety Department[13]
  • Pearl River County School District Police Department[14]
  • Greenville Public School District Campus Safety Department[15]
  • Leland School District Police Department[16]
  • George County School District Police Department[17]
  • Lawrence County School District Police Department[18]
  • Tishomingo County School District Police Department[19]
  • Vicksburg-Warren School District Campus Police Department[20]

County agencies edit

City agencies edit

  • Aberdeen Police Department
  • Ackerman Police Department
  • Amory Police Department
  • Ashland Police Department
  • Baldwyn Police Department
  • Bassfield Police Department
  • Batesville Police Department
  • Bay Saint Louis Police Department
  • Bay Springs Police Department
  • Belmont Police Department
  • Belzoni Police Department
  • Biloxi Police Department[28]
  • Booneville Police Department
  • Brandon Police Department
  • Brookhaven Police Department
  • Bruce Police Department
  • Bude Police Department
  • Burnsville Police Department
  • Byhalia Police Department
  • Byram Police Department
  • Calhoun City Police Department
  • Canton Police Department
  • Carthage Police Department
  • Centreville Police Department
  • Charleston Police Department
  • Clarksdale Police Department
  • Cleveland Police Department
  • Clinton Police Department
  • Coffeeville Police Department
  • Coldwater Police Department
  • Collins Police Department
  • Columbia Police Department
  • Columbus Police Department
  • Como Police Department
  • Corinth Police Department
  • Crenshaw Police Department
  • Crystal Springs Police Department
  • Decatur Police Department
  • Dekalb Police Department
  • Drew Police Department
  • Durant Police Department
  • Edwards Police Department
  • Ellisville Police Department
  • Eupora Police Department
  • Fayette Police Department
  • Flora Police Department
  • Florence Police Department
  • Flowood Police Department[29]
  • Forest Police Department
  • Friars Point Police Department
  • Fulton Police Department
  • Gautier Police Department
  • Gloster Police Department
  • Golden Police Department
  • Goodman Police Department
  • Greenville Police Department
  • Greenwood Police Department
  • Grenada Police Department
  • Gulfport Police Department
  • Guntown Police Department
  • Hattiesburg Police Department[30]
  • Hazlehurst Police Department
  • Heidelberg Police Department
  • Hernando Police Department
  • Hollandale Police Department
  • Holly Springs Police Department
  • Horn Lake Police Department
  • Houston Police Department
  • Indianola Police Department
  • Inverness Police Department
  • Itta Bena Police Department
  • Iuka Police Department
  • Jackson Police Department[31]
  • Jonestown Police Department
  • Kilmichael Police Department
  • Kosciusko Police Department
  • Laurel Police Department
  • Leakesville Police Department
  • Leland Police Department
  • Lena Police Department
  • Lexington Police Department
  • Liberty Police Department
  • Long Beach Police Department
  • Louisville Police Department
  • Lucedale Police Department
  • Lumberton Police Department
  • Macon Police Department
  • Madison Police Department
  • Magee Police Department[32]
  • Magnolia Police Department
  • Marion Police Department
  • Marks Police Department
  • McComb Police Department
  • Mendenhall Police Department
  • Meridian Police Department
  • Monticello Police Department
  • Moorhead Police Department
  • Morton Police Department
  • Moss Point Police Department
  • Mound Bayou Police Department
  • Mount Olive Police Department
  • Natchez Police Department
  • Nettleton Police Department
  • New Albany Police Department
  • Newton Police Department
  • Oakland Police Department
  • Ocean Springs Police Department
  • Okolona Police Department
  • Olive Branch Police Department
  • Oxford Police Department
  • Pascagoula Police Department
  • Pass Christian Police Department
  • Pearl Police Department[33]
  • Pelahatchie Police Department[34]
  • Petal Police Department[34]
  • Philadelphia Police Department[citation needed]
  • Picayune Police Department
  • Pickens Police Department
  • Pine Belt Police Department[35]
  • Pontotoc Police Department
  • Poplarville Police Department
  • Port Gibson Police Department
  • Prentiss Police Department
  • Purvis Police Department
  • Quitman Police Department
  • Raleigh Police Department
  • Raymond Police Department
  • Richland Police Department[36]
  • Richton Police Department
  • Ridgeland Police Department[33]
  • Ripley Police Department
  • Rolling Fork Police Department
  • Rosedale Police Department
  • Ruleville Police Department
  • Saltillo Police Department
  • Sardis Police Department
  • Scooba Police Department
  • Senatobia Police Department[37]
  • Shannon Police Department [citation needed]
  • Shaw Police Department [citation needed]
  • Shelby Police Department [citation needed]
  • Sherman Police Department
  • Soso Police Department
  • Smithville Police Department
  • Southaven Police Department[38]
  • Starkville Police Department[citation needed]
  • Stonewall Police Department[39]
  • Summit Police Department [citation needed]
  • Sumrall Police Department [citation needed]
  • Sunflower Police Department [citation needed]
  • Taylorsville Police Department
  • Tchula Police Department
  • Tupelo Police Department
  • Tutwiler Police Department
  • Tylertown Police Department
  • Union Police Department
  • University Police Department
  • Vaiden Police Department
  • Vicksburg Police Department
  • Walls Police Department
  • Walnut Police Department
  • Walnut Grove Police Department
  • Water Valley Police Department
  • Waveland Police Department [citation needed]
  • Waynesboro Police Department [citation needed]
  • Wesson Police Department[40]
  • West Point Police Department
  • Wiggins Police Department [citation needed]
  • Winona Police Department [citation needed]
  • Woodville Police Department [citation needed]
  • Yazoo City Police Department[41]

College and university agencies edit

Other agencies edit

References edit

  1. ^ 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
  2. ^ Winkle, John W. III (2014). The Mississippi State Constitution (second ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 109–110. ISBN 9780199300631.
  3. ^ "Metro nNarcotics Announcement". The City of Oxford. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Workneh, Lilly (19 March 2015). "Body Of Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree In Mississippi". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "School Safety".
  6. ^ "Safety and Security - Hazlehurst City School District".
  7. ^ "School Resource Officers - Hattiesburg Public School District".
  8. ^ "Police / Home".
  9. ^ "Campus Police / Welcome".
  10. ^ "Campus Enforcement / Overview".
  11. ^ "Campus Police - Ocean Springs School District".
  12. ^ "MPSD Police Department / MPSD Police Department".
  13. ^ "Bullying/School Safety".
  14. ^ "PRCSD - Campus Police".
  15. ^ "School Safety".
  16. ^ "Security".
  17. ^ "District Police".
  18. ^ "District Police Department".
  19. ^ "Resource Officers / TCSD Resource Officers".
  20. ^ "Safety Resource Officer/Campus Police / Safety Resource Officer/Campus Police".
  21. ^ Apel, Therese (22 June 2015). "Alcorn Co. sheriff, two others indicted on 10 counts". Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  22. ^ "Ex-deputy charged after suspect shot in head". Clarion-Ledger. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  23. ^ "History of the Sheriff's Office". Claiborne County Sheriff's Office. Claiborne County Sheriff's Office. Retrieved 22 Jul 2015. Sheriff Lucas was elected to the position of Sheriff of Claiborne County in 2011, and took office in January 2012.
  24. ^ No one should be fired for being gay By John D. Sutter, 22 March 2013, CNN.com
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  26. ^ Apel, Therese (16 March 2015). "Deputy involved in shooting in Pike Co". Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  27. ^ "Asst. principal removed amid rape investigation". Clarion-Ledger. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  28. ^ "Biloxi Police: Woman arrested, poured hot cooking oil on boyfriend". Associated Press. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  29. ^ Flowood police chief resigns; by the Associated Press, 2 December 2014
  30. ^ "Ex-MHP trooper charged with manslaughter". Associated Press. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  31. ^ Apel, Therese (15 March 2015). "Ambulance stolen from St. Dominic, recovered in Scott Co". Calrion-Ledger. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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  34. ^ a b Official web site accessed 3 December 2014
  35. ^ Former officer to be arraigned on 7 sex charges, by Tim Dotherty, 28 August 2014, The Hattiesburg American
  36. ^ Wilson, Steve. "Richland's $4.1 million police station funded by civil forfeiture". Mississippi Watchdog. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  37. ^ "Police Department". City of Senatobia. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  38. ^ "Police". City of Southaven. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  39. ^ Murdock, Sebestian (11 July 2015). "onathan Sanders, Unarmed Black Man, Allegedly Strangled To Death By Mississippi Cop". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  40. ^ "New WPD Headquarters". Wesson News. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  41. ^ "Police Department". City of Yazoo City. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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