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The position of "Commissioner of Public Safety" was first created in 1938, with the establishment of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. [4]The Department expanded in the early 1970s, when the Bureau of Narcotics was established in 1971 to conduct specialized enforcement and carry out investigations into the abuse, trafficking, manufacturing, and mishandling of controlled substances. [5]
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]
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]
If the ordinance is adopted after a Feb. 27 public hearing, Kunz, who has served as police chief since 2008, would report to the proposed public safety director – who is required to have at ...
Jackson councilmembers voted to create a new civilian public safety director job, who will outrank the longtime chief of the police department.
The Walter Sillers State Office Building is a high-rise government office building in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. [1] It was designed in the International Style and built from 1970 to 1972. [1] It is the fifth-tallest building in Jackson. [2] It is named after the politician Walter Sillers Jr.
Mary Moore Glenn holds hands with a family member during a press conference held by Attorney Ben Crump in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. More on: 215 bodies were buried in a Hinds ...
Tallest building in Jackson from 1924 to 1929. 9 Dr. A. H. McCoy Federal Building - 189 (58) 15 1979 Renovated in 2013. 10 Mississippi State Capitol: 180 (55) 4 1903 Tallest building in Jackson from 1903 to 1924. 11 St. Dominic's Ambulatory Surgery Center - 176 (54) 14 1973 Tallest building outside of Downtown Jackson. 12 Hilton Hotel Jackson ...