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MS Code § 45-1-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-41. Disposition of seized property after notice to any known owner or lienholder

  Any property received, recovered or seized by the Department of Public Safety which is not forfeited or disposed of by court order may be released to the owner of or lienholder on the property upon receipt of payment for all storage and towing charges incurred by the Department of Public Safety.   The Department of Public Safety shall notify in writing, by United States certified mail, the owner or lienholder of the property at the owner's or lienholder's last known address that the owner or lienholder may retrieve the property. In the event that the owner or lienholder does not claim the property within thirty (30) days from the date of the receipt of the notice, the property is declared forfeited to the Department of Public Safety.   In the event the notice by mail is returned undelivered, the department shall cause to be made further search and inquiry to ascertain the reputed owner's or lienholder's street and post office address. If a new or additional address is ascertained, the department shall again issue notice. If a new or additional address is not ascertained, or if notice is again returned undelivered, the department shall cause an affidavit to be prepared to that effect which shall specify the acts of search and inquiry made in the effort to ascertain the owner's or lienholder's address. The affidavit shall be retained by the department for three (3) years. Upon the making of the affidavit, the property is declared forfeited to the Department of Public Safety.
MS Code § 45-1-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-43. Emergency response and vehicular pursuit policies; state, county and local mandate; training procedures; sanctions for failure to adopt

 On or after January 1, 2005, each state, county and local law enforcement agency that conducts emergency response and vehicular pursuits shall adopt written policies and training procedures that set forth the manner in which these operations shall be conducted. Each law enforcement agency may create their own such policies or adopt an existing model. All pursuit policies created or adopted by any law enforcement agency must address situations in which police pursuits cross over into other jurisdictions. Law enforcement agencies which do not comply with the requirements of this provision are subject to the withholding of any state funding or state administered federal funding.
MS Code § 45-1-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-45. Implementation of Internet-based data and information sharing network for exchange and viewing of certain felony and misdemeanor information; Information Exchange Network Fund created

  The Department of Public Safety shall implement an Internet-based data and information sharing network that will allow state and local law enforcement, court personnel, prosecutors and other agencies to exchange and view felony and misdemeanor information on current and former criminal offenders through a currently available, near real-time, updated hourly, nationwide jail database which represents fifty percent (50%) or more of all incarcerated persons in the country.   There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Information Exchange Network Fund.The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for the Web-based information sharing network required by subsection (1) of this section.Monies from the funds derived from assessments under Section 99-19-73 shall be distributed by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Department of Public Safety.The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of:   Monies appropriated by the Legislature;   The interest accruing to the fund;   Monies received under the provisions of Section 99-19-73;   Monies received from the federal government;   Donations; and   Monies received from such other sources as may be provided by law.
MS Code § 45-1-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-47. Department of Public Safety authorized to sell and replace as needed its fleet of aircraft; use of proceeds

 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary that may be found in Section 61-13-1 et seq., the Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized to sell any or all of its fleet of aircraft and replace the same with aircraft more suited to the needs of the department. The proceeds from the sale of such aircraft shall be retained by the Department of Public Safety to be used by the department to offset the cost of replacement aircraft purchased by the department and shall not be transferred to the State General Fund. However, in the event there are any proceeds remaining after the purchase of the replacement aircraft, the department shall transfer the remaining amounts to the State General Fund. The department is authorized to escalate its budget to expend the proceeds from the sale of the aircraft in a manner consistent with authorization granted in this section.
MS Code § 45-1-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|General Provisions|§ 45-1-49. Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop K command center in Biloxi, Mississippi, renamed "Commissioner George Landon Phillips District Office."

  The Mississippi Department of Public Safety's Highway Patrol District Office, located in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, which serves as the command center for Troop K of the Mississippi Highway Patrol, shall be named the "Commissioner George Landon Phillips 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 George Landon Phillips. 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 "Commissioner George Landon Phillips District Office."
MS Code § 45-1-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|Certain Public Safety Officers Permitted to Keep Badges upon Retirement|§ 45-1-71. Full-time fire fighters and law enforcement officers permitted to keep badges upon retirement

 Each full-time fire fighter, employed in accordance with Section 45-11-203, policeman, sheriff, deputy sheriff or other local law enforcement officer, who retires under Section 21-29-139 or the Public Employees' Retirement System, for superannuation or for reason of disability, or any other local government retirement system shall be allowed to retain, as his personal property, the one (1) badge which is issued to him by the local government fire fighting unit or law enforcement unit.
MS Code § 45-1-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|Certification of Certain Retired Law Enforcement Officers to Carry Concealed Weapon Without Permit|§ 45-1-101. Certain retired law enforcement officers may obtain certification from Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police to carry concealed weapon without permit

  This section may be referred to as the "HR218 Qualification Law."   Any retired law enforcement officer who resides in this state and for whom the law enforcement agency from which the officer retired does not participate in the necessary certification for the retired officer to be certified according to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 found at Title 18, Chapter 44, Section 926B, USC, or who does not reside in convenient proximity to the law enforcement agency from which the officer retired, may obtain the necessary certification from the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police.
MS Code § 45-1-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 1 - Department of Public Safety|Blue Alert System|§ 45-1-151. Blue alert program established; definitions; activation; termination of activation

  There is established a statewide alert system known as "Blue Alert" which shall be developed and implemented by the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety.   As used in this section, unless the context requires a different definition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:   "Law enforcement agency" means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the search for a suspect in a case involving the death or serious injury of a peace officer.   "Peace Officer" means a law enforcement officer as defined in Section 45-6-3.   "Director" means the director of the Bureau of Investigation.     The "Blue Alert" system may be activated when a suspect for a crime involving the death or serious injury of a peace officer has not been apprehended, and law enforcement personnel have determined that the suspect may be a serious threat to the public.   Upon notification by a law enforcement agency that a suspect in a case involving the death or serious injury of a peace officer has not been apprehended and may be a serious threat to the public, the director shall activate the "Blue Alert" system and notify appropriate participants in the "Blue Alert" system, as established by rule, if:   A law enforcement agency believes that a suspect has not been apprehended;   A law enforcement agency believes that the suspect may be a serious threat to the public; and   Sufficient information is available to disseminate to the public that could assist in locating the suspect.  The area of the alert may be less than statewide if the director determines that the nature of the event makes it probable that the suspect did not leave a certain geographic location.      Before requesting activation of the "Blue Alert" system, a law enforcement agency shall verify that the criteria described by this section have been satisfied. The law enforcement agency shall assess the appropriate boundaries of the alert based on the nature of the suspect and the circumstances surrounding the crime.   The director shall terminate any activation of the "Blue Alert" system with respect to a particular suspect if:   The suspect is located or the incident is otherwise resolved; or   The director determines that the "Blue Alert" system is no longer an effective tool for locating the suspect.     Any entity or individual involved in the dissemination of a "Blue Alert" generated pursuant to this section shall not be liable for any civil damages arising from that dissemination.
MS Code § 45-2-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 2 - Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death and Disability Benefits Trust Funds|Article 3 - Other Safety Officials Death Benefits Trust Fund|§ 45-2-31. Definitions; establishment of death benefits trust fund for directors and assistant directors of certain local emergency management organizations and coroners and deputy coroners; payments from fund; administration of fund

  As used in this section, the term "covered individual" means the directors and assistant directors of local emergency management organizations established under Section 33-15-17, and coroners and deputy coroners.     The Department of Public Safety shall make a payment, as provided in this section, in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) when a covered individual, while engaged in the performance of the person's official duties, is accidentally or intentionally killed, provided that the killing is not the result of suicide and that the bodily injury is not intentionally self-inflicted.   The payment provided for in this subsection shall be made to the beneficiary who was designated in writing by the covered individual during the covered individual's lifetime. If no such designation is made, then the payment shall be made to the surviving child or children and spouse in equal portions, and if there is no surviving child or spouse, then to the parent or parents. If a beneficiary is not designated and there is no surviving child, spouse or parent, then the payment shall be made to the covered individual's estate.   The payment made in this subsection is in addition to any workers' compensation or pension benefits and is exempt from the claims and demands of creditors of the covered individual.       There is established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Other Safety Officials Death Benefits Trust Fund." The trust fund shall be funded by monies made available by the Legislature by appropriations as needed, or by donation, contribution, gift or any other source.   The State Treasurer shall invest the monies of the trust fund in any of the investments authorized for the funds of the Public Employees' Retirement System under Section 25-11-121, and those investments shall be subject to the limitations prescribed by Section 25-11-121.   Unexpended amounts remaining in the trust fund at the end of the state fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any income earned on amounts in the trust fund shall be deposited to the credit of the trust fund.     The Department of Public Safety shall be responsible for the management of the trust fund and the disbursement of death benefits authorized under this section. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement and standardize the payment of death benefits under this section, to administer the trust fund created by this section and to carry out the purposes of this section.
MS Code § 45-7-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 7 - County Patrol Officers|Employment, Duties, Uniforms Compensation and Transportation of Patrol Officers|§ 45-7-1. Counties may employ men to enforce road laws

 The board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized to employ, in its discretion, not exceeding three (3) men in counties of Classes 1 and 2, and not exceeding two (2) men to be regularly employed at any time in counties of other classes, whose duty it shall be to patrol the roads of the county and to enforce the road and motor vehicle laws.   It is hereby expressly provided that such patrol officers shall not have the power and authority, nor shall they be authorized by the motor vehicle comptroller or the tax collector of any county, to enforce any of the provisions of law relating to the taxation of motor vehicles using the highways of this state; nor shall they receive or collect any taxes due or alleged to be due under any of such laws. This shall not apply to a county where the federal government owns thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total acreage of the county.
MS Code § 45-7-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 7 - County Patrol Officers|Employment, Duties, Uniforms Compensation and Transportation of Patrol Officers|§ 45-7-3. Duties of patrol officers; uniforms

 Said patrol officers are hereby authorized to do and perform all acts authorized to be done by the sheriff, constable, or any peace officer. Said patrol officers in addition to their duties as peace officers, shall note the condition of the roads and bridges of the county and make report thereof to the board of supervisors as may be required by said board.   Such patrol officer shall not have the power and authority to enforce the traffic laws, rules and regulations of this state, or any related laws upon any highway of the state highway system, unless and until they have been authorized and empowered to enforce such laws and to aid and assist in the enforcement thereof by the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety may grant or withhold such authority to the patrolmen of each individual county in his discretion, and may provide and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations under which the patrol officers to whom such authority has been granted shall act in enforcing such laws.   In the performance of their official duties such patrol officers shall have the power and authority to wear uniforms, but they shall not wear the same uniforms as are worn by members of the highway safety patrol of Mississippi, nor shall they wear uniforms substantially identical thereto.
MS Code § 45-7-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 7 - County Patrol Officers|Employment, Duties, Uniforms Compensation and Transportation of Patrol Officers|§ 45-7-5. Compensation; transportation

  Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the board of supervisors may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month for any one (1) county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive compensation in excess of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per month. In addition to such compensation, the board of supervisors may furnish the patrol officers means of transportation.     The board of supervisors of any county having a population of thirty-one thousand six hundred fifty-three (31,653) according to the 1960 federal decennial census, having a land area of nine hundred thirty-eight (938) square miles, and wherein U.S. Highway 49 and Mississippi Highway 16 intersect, may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per month for any such county; in no case shall any one (1) patrol officer receive compensation in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month.   The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Louisiana line and Mississippi River may fix the compensation of the county patrol officers at an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) per month per patrol officer.   The board of supervisors of any county bordering on the Mississippi River wherein is located a national park and cemetery, wherein U.S. Highways 80 and 61 intersect, and having a population in excess of forty-two thousand (42,000) according to the 1960 federal decennial census, may compensate the county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) per month for any such county but in no case in excess of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month per officer.   The board of supervisors of any Class 4 county bordering on the state of Alabama wherein U.S. Highway 98 and Mississippi Highway 63 intersect, having a land area of four hundred eighty-one (481) square miles, may, in its discretion, compensate each of its county patrol officers in an amount not in excess of Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($650.00) per month.   The board of supervisors of any county in which U.S. Highway 45 and Mississippi Highway 16 intersect may, in its discretion, compensate its county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) per month per patrol officer.   The board of supervisors of any county in which the Natchez Trace Parkway and Mississippi Highway 35 intersect and which has a population according to the 1990 federal decennial census in excess of eighteen thousand four hundred (18,400), in its discretion, may compensate its county patrol officers in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per month per patrol officer.
MS Code § 45-7-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 7 - County Patrol Officers|Patrol Officers in Certain Counties Having Two Judicial Districts, Wherein Certain Highways Intersect, or Bordering on Pearl River|§ 45-7-21. Employment of patrol officers

  The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi having two (2) judicial districts and an assessed valuation of property for ad valorem taxation in excess of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00), according to the last completed assessment for taxation is authorized to employ, in its discretion, not exceeding nine (9) persons whose duty it shall be to patrol the roads of the county and to enforce the road and motor vehicle laws.   The board of supervisors of any county in the State of Mississippi wherein Interstate Highway 55 and State Highway 22 intersect and which is also traversed in whole or part by U. S. Highways 49 and 51, and State Highways 16, 17, 43 and the Natchez Trace, and also containing a part of a public lake or reservoir in excess of thirty thousand (30,000) acres, is authorized to employ, in its discretion, not exceeding seven (7) persons whose duty it shall be to patrol the roads of the county and to enforce the road and motor vehicle laws.   The board of supervisors of any Class 1 county bordering on the east side of Pearl River, and wherein are located five (5) incorporated municipalities, may employ one (1) patrol officer for the supervisors district wherein are located the two (2) incorporated municipalities.
MS Code § 45-7-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 7 - County Patrol Officers|Patrol Officers in Certain Counties Having Two Judicial Districts, Wherein Certain Highways Intersect, or Bordering on Pearl River|§ 45-7-23. Duties of patrol officers; uniforms

 Patrol officers employed pursuant to Section 45-7-21 are authorized to do, in the performance of their duties, all acts authorized to be done by the sheriff, constable, or any peace officer. Said patrol officers, in addition to their duties as peace officers, shall note the condition of the roads and bridges of the county and make report thereof to the board of supervisors as may be required by said board.   Said patrol officers shall not have the power and authority to enforce the traffic laws, rules and regulations of this state, or any related laws upon any highway of the state highway system, unless and until they have been authorized and empowered to enforce such laws and to aid and assist in the enforcement thereof by the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner of public safety may grant or withhold such authority to the patrolmen of each individual county in his discretion, and may provide and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations under which the patrol officers to whom such authority has been granted shall act in enforcing such laws.   In the performance of their official duties, such patrol officers shall have the power and authority to wear uniforms, but they shall not wear the same uniforms as are worn by members of the highway safety patrol of Mississippi, nor shall they wear uniforms substantially identical thereto.
MS Code § 45-7-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 7 - County Patrol Officers|Patrol Officers in Certain Counties Having Two Judicial Districts, Wherein Certain Highways Intersect, or Bordering on Pearl River|§ 45-7-25. Radio equipment

 The board of supervisors is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to acquire radio transmitting and receiving equipment for use by said patrol officers in the performance of their duties.
MS Code § 45-7-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 7 - County Patrol Officers|Patrol Officers in Certain Counties Having Two Judicial Districts, Wherein Certain Highways Intersect, or Bordering on Pearl River|§ 45-7-29. Powers to be additional and supplemental

 The power and authority granted in Sections 45-7-21 through 45-7-27 shall be additional and supplemental to the power and authority of Sections 45-7-1 through 45-7-5.