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MS Code § 45-3-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-29. Penalty for impersonating patrolman; exception for county patrolman; exception for retired patrolman with prior authorization from commissioner

  Except as otherwise authorized under this section, it shall be unlawful for any person not authorized so to do to impersonate a state highway safety patrolman, wear or use the insignia or uniform thereof, or to in anywise imitate or impersonate such patrolman. Any person adjudged guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail, where such offense is committed, for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to prevent or preclude the boards of supervisors of the several counties from employing county highway patrolmen as presently authorized by law, and said county patrolmen shall, when authorized by the commissioner and under rules and regulations with respect thereto, after completing such examinations and meeting such requirements as are specified by the commissioner, be entitled to wear the uniform and insignia of state highway safety patrolmen and discharge the duties thereof.   It shall not be unlawful or a violation of this section for a retired State Highway Safety Patrol officer to wear the uniform and insignia of the State Highway Safety Patrol when making presentations, delivering speeches or addressing public or private audiences for the purpose of entertaining or amusing such audiences provided such retired officer obtains written authorization from the Commissioner of Public Safety before engaging in such events. The approval of the commissioner shall not be required for each separate event but shall remain effective as an authorization for all such events until revoked or rescinded by the commissioner.
MS Code § 45-3-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-31. Uniforms, automobiles and other equipment

 The commissioner is authorized to purchase (a) uniforms for the members of the highway safety patrol at a price not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) each, (b) automobiles, motorcycles and other equipment necessary for the efficient operation of the highway safety patrol, but the number of passenger automobiles purchased, owned or operated by the highway safety patrol shall not exceed the number set forth in Section 25-1-85, Mississippi Code of 1972, and (c) identification equipment in a sum of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). The commissioner is further authorized to purchase or lease necessary equipment for two-way radio sub and booster stations, and he may equip each of the patrol automobiles with sending and receiving radios, of a type to be selected by him, within the limits of any appropriation made therefor. The commissioner may trade in used equipment on the purchase of new equipment or other materials.   The commissioner shall allow and furnish to each patrolman at least two (2) complete uniforms per year. The commissioner shall keep all automobiles, motorcycles and other equipment in good state of repair and pay the expenses incident thereto, and he is authorized to pay the expenses of maintaining and operating necessary equipment for two-way radio sub and booster stations purchased or leased.
MS Code § 45-3-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-33. Uniforms, automobiles and other equipment; advertising for bids

 Except as is otherwise provided in Section 25-1-85, Mississippi Code of 1972, the commissioner shall, before buying any equipment or other materials where the amount is in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), advertise in at least one (1) newspaper published in the city of Jackson, his intention of buying such materials or equipment (and, if such be the case, his intention to trade in any used equipment on the purchase price of said materials or equipment) by at least one (1) publication in such paper at least ten (10) days before the equipment or materials shall be purchased, and shall receive bids thereupon. In advertising for bids for automobiles and motorcycles, the commissioner shall have the authority to specify the make and model desired. Said equipment or materials shall be purchased from such persons, firms or corporations submitting the best and lowest bid for the particular class of equipment or materials desired. In the case of purchasing automobiles or motorcycles, there shall be at least two (2) bids submitted for each type desired.
MS Code § 45-3-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-35. Camera equipment for patrol cars

 The commissioner of public safety is hereby authorized to procure and equip, in addition to any other equipment required, each patrol car used in the patrolling of the highways of this state, with a suitable camera equipped for making flashlight photographs either during the day time or night time. The cost of each such camera shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).   Before making purchase hereof the commissioner of public safety shall advertise his intention of buying same by one publication in at least one (1) newspaper having general circulation in the State of Mississippi, at least ten (10) days before the purchase of such equipment, which advertisement shall distinctly describe the articles to be purchased and shall receive sealed bids thereon, which shall be opened in public at a time and place to be specified in the advertisement. In addition to the purchase of the necessary cameras the commissioner is authorized to purchase all necessary films, developing equipment, and other supplies necessary for the development of negatives for the production of the finished photograph. Such additional supplies shall be purchased from the person, firm, or corporation submitting the lowest and best bid for the particular camera and other supplies desired. The commissioner reserves the right to reject any and all bids submitted.   Every patrolman who shall be required to use a camera in the performance of his official duties shall be adequately trained and instructed as to the proper use of the equipment before attempting to make photographs.   The commissioner is authorized to employ not exceeding two (2) persons at a salary not to exceed an average of Two Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($220.00) per month for use in developing and perfecting photographs taken.   All negatives of any official picture taken and at least one (1) copy of each finished photograph of each such negative shall be properly identified and filed as a part of the records of the office of the commissioner of public safety.
MS Code § 45-3-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-37. Markings on patrol cars

 The state patrol insignia shall be placed on each door of all cars used patrolling the highways and, in addition, such cars may have such other distinguishing markings as the commissioner of public safety shall deem proper.
MS Code § 45-3-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-39. Prohibition as to personal use of cars, materials and equipment

 No state officer or other person shall utilize at any time any uniform, car, material or equipment of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol for his personal use or for private purposes except in an emergency, and except to the extent authorized by Section 25-1-85, Mississippi Code of 1972. A breach of this provision shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or thirty (30) days in jail, or both. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to apply to the Governor or Lieutenant Governor of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 45-3-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-41. Radio receiving sets may be installed in certain counties and municipalities

  Any county or municipality now or hereafter having a twenty-four (24) hour law enforcement system is hereby authorized by an order duly entered upon the minutes of such governing authority thereof to request the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol to purchase and install in some permanent office provided therefor a proper and suitable radio receiving set, subject to the approval of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol.   The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol shall, upon the receipt of such request by any such municipality or county, purchase and install in such county or municipality in a building provided by such county or municipality a proper and suitable radio receiving set, which shall be tuned or adjusted in order to receive broadcasts from the radio station or stations operated by the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. The county or municipality making such request when such receiving set is duly installed shall reimburse the state highway patrol for all sums paid out in the purchase price of such set.
MS Code § 45-3-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-43. Radio substations and booster stations for use of highway safety patrol

 The board of supervisors of any county and the mayor and board of aldermen, or other governing body of any municipality, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to construct and erect radio substations and booster stations for the use of the highway safety patrol, to install therein suitable and necessary radio receiving and transmitting equipment, and to appropriate funds for such purposes from the general county or municipal fund, as the case may be.   In the purchase and installation of such radio transmitting and receiving equipment the said board of supervisors or governing authority may authorize the commissioner of public safety to make the purchase and installation thereon on behalf of the county or municipality, as the case may be, and may pay the cost of such purchase and installation out of the county or municipal general fund.
MS Code § 45-3-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-45. Training school for patrolmen

 The commissioner is hereby authorized to set up a training school for patrolmen. He shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the operation of same and the period of training to be required of appointees to the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. However, the period of training for recruits shall not be less than eighty (80) days. The expense of such training shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses of the patrol.
MS Code § 45-3-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-47. Training school for patrolmen; selection program

  The selection program for such training school shall consist of application, examination, investigation and interview:   Application.- The commissioner shall prescribe an application that shall contain a case history of the applicant, fingerprints, picture of the applicant, certified copies of birth certificate and transcript of school records. Said application may include certified copies of any discharge from the services of the United States government.   Examination.- The commissioner shall adopt a standardized test for applicants and each shall be required to take the prescribed examination on a competitive basis. The commissioner shall further require a physical examination by a staff of competent doctors to determine that each applicant selected is in good physical condition, including height-weight ratio as recommended by the United States Air Force, with no deformities.   Investigation.- The commissioner shall require an investigation of each applicant to determine that he or she is of good moral character, between the ages of twenty-three (23) and thirty-two (32), that he or she has completed a high school education, and that he or she is honest, reliable, loyal and above reproach.   Interview.- The commissioner shall require an interview of each applicant considered for patrol service to be conducted and may require an interview with his family if necessary to determine that the applicant fulfills the requirements as prescribed in paragraph (c), as well as any other rules and regulations that may be prescribed. The commissioner may at his discretion require the services of psychiatrists, doctors, police officers or other professional people in conducting such interviews.     Before any person may be selected to attend a school or be appointed as a member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, the applicant must fulfill all the requirements as prescribed in this section and meet the standards prescribed in this section and meet the standards prescribed by the department, and may be required to submit to a polygraph examination in connection with the employment application.   All applications, birth certificates, transcripts and other records submitted by an applicant shall become the property of the State of Mississippi and the department of public safety, shall be held confidential and shall not be discoverable by judicial process. Such records may be destroyed after five (5) years from the time of application.
MS Code § 45-3-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-49. Penalty for violating provisions of chapter

 It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter unless such violation is declared by such law or other law of this state to be a felony.   Unless another penalty is provided in this chapter or by the laws of this state, every person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished by fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MS Code § 45-3-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-51. Retirants or beneficiaries of officers killed in line of duty permitted to retain one sidearm

 Each member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or agent of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics who retires under the Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System or the Public Employees' Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability or a beneficiary of such member of the Highway Safety Patrol or agent of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics who is killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, one (1) sidearm which was issued under authority of Section 45-3-19 or 41-29-159. Likewise, a beneficiary of any law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty shall be allowed to retain the officer's sidearm.
MS Code § 45-3-52 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-52. Retention by officers of assigned dogs retired from service

 A member of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol or any other certified law enforcement officer shall be allowed to retain as his personal property any dog assigned to such member when the dog is retired from service.
MS Code § 45-3-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-53. Distinctive marker on cemetery memorials for Highway Safety Patrol officers killed in line of duty; markers for other officers

  The Department of Public Safety shall place a distinctive marker on the cemetery memorial of each Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol officer who is killed in the performance of his or her official duties. The distinctive marker shall be designed by the Department of Public Safety with the advice and recommendation of the Mississippi State Troopers' Association.   The funding for the distinctive markers shall be made from any funds appropriated by the Legislature to the Department of Public Safety or from any gifts, grants or donations received by the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of providing the distinctive markers.   This section shall apply to all Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol officers who have given their lives in the performance of their official duties before and after July 1, 2000.   Any Highway Safety Patrol officer may secure a distinctive marker as authorized in subsection (1) of this section if it is paid for with funds other than funds appropriated by the Legislature to the Department of Public Safety.
MS Code § 45-3-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-55. Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop "D" substation named "Robert ‘Bunky' Huggins Substation."

 The Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop "D" substation located in the Greenwood, Mississippi, District, shall be named the "Robert ‘Bunky' Huggins Substation." The Department of Public Safety shall place a distinctive plaque in a prominent place within the building, which states the background, accomplishments and service of the late Senator Robert "Bunky" Huggins to the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 45-3-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 3 - Highway Safety Patrol|§ 45-3-57. Mississippi Department of Public Safety's Highway Patrol District Office designated "Charles L. Young, Sr., District Office."

 The Mississippi Department of Public Safety's Highway Patrol District Office, located in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, which serves as the command center for Troop H of the Mississippi Highway Patrol, shall be named the "Charles L. Young, Sr., District Office." The Department of Finance and Administration shall prepare or have prepared a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the building, that states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of the Honorable Charles L. Young, Sr. The Department of Finance and Administration in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety's Highway Patrol Division shall erect or cause to be erected proper lettering or signage on the outdoor facade of the building displaying the official name of the building as the "Charles L. Young, Sr., District Office."
MS Code § 45-4-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 4 - County Jail Officers Training Program|§ 45-4-1. Legislative findings and intent

 The Legislature finds that the administration of jails and youth detention facilities is of statewide concern, and that the activities of jail officers are important to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state and are of such nature as to require education and training of a professional nature of jail officers. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the coordination of training programs and the establishment of standards for jail officers.
MS Code § 45-4-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 4 - County Jail Officers Training Program|§ 45-4-3. Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training; creation; membership; officers; reports

  There is hereby created the Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training, which shall consist of nine (9) members.   The members shall be appointed as follows:   Two (2) members to be appointed by the Mississippi Association of Supervisors.   Three (3) members to be appointed by the Mississippi Association of Sheriffs.   One (1) member to be appointed by the Mississippi Community College Board.   One (1) member to be appointed by the Governor.   One (1) member to be appointed by the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police.   One (1) member to be appointed by the Mississippi Municipal League.  The initial appointments to the board shall be made no later than twenty (20) days after July 1, 1999, as follows:   The Mississippi Association of Supervisors shall appoint one (1) member for a term of one (1) year and one (1) member for a term of three (3) years.   The Mississippi Association of Sheriffs shall appoint one (1) member for a term of one (1) year, one (1) member for a term of two (2) years and one (1) member for a term of three (3) years.   The Mississippi Community College Board shall appoint one (1) member for a term of two (2) years.   The Governor shall appoint one (1) member for a term of two (2) years.   The Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police shall appoint one (1) member for a term of two (2) years not later than twenty (20) days after July 1, 2000.   The Mississippi Municipal League shall appoint one (1) member for a term of two (2) years not later than twenty (20) days after July 1, 2000.   Upon the expiration of the terms of the initial appointees to the board, each subsequent appointment shall be made for a term of three (3) years, beginning on the date of the expiration of the previous term. A vacancy in any appointed position on the board prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled by appointment for the balance of the unexpired term.      Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for any actual and reasonable expenses incurred as a necessary incident to such service, including mileage, as provided in Section 25-3-41, Mississippi Code of 1972.   There shall be a chairman and a vice chairman of the board, elected by and from the membership of the board. The board shall adopt rules and regulations governing times and places for meetings and governing the manner of conducting its business, but the board shall meet at least every three (3) months. Any member who is absent for three (3) consecutive regular meetings of the board may be removed by a majority vote of the board.   The Governor shall call an organizational meeting of the board not later than thirty (30) days after July 1, 1999.   The board shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on its activities, and may make such other reports as it deems desirable.